sparky Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Hello everyone, I'm taking AP Music Theory and my teacher wants us to write out a 4 measure melody in three different modes. He gave us an example by playing Yankee Doodle in all the various modes, but I'm not sure if I'm interpreting what he wants correctly... Let's say I write a melody based on the C major scale. If I wanted to make it Lydian would I just raise all the 4's or would I start the melody on F? I hope I'm making sense here, thanks! :sweat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 ...Let's say I write a melody based on the C major scale. If I wanted to make it Lydian would I just raise all the 4's or would I start the melody on F? I hope I'm making sense here, thanks! :sweat: To "make a melody lydian", you would raise the 4ths. Likewise for other modes... you alter the 'key' to define the scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 Ahhhh... that's what I thought! Thank you for the clarification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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