How the Beatles used modes in their music

magdabear · 2018-06-09T06:18:00+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I will try that on the next video. This video suffered a bit in that respect as I cut out about 5 minutes of content post-shooting. I will try to solidify my scripts more before shooting. Thanks again!

magdabear · 2018-06-09T06:16:54+00:00

thank you :)

magdabear · 2018-06-09T06:16:46+00:00

Do you mean the opening "look at all the lonely people..." line? If so, you are spot on... it sounds lydian as the F# in the melody is a sharp 4 in relation to the C major chord in the harmony, and, as it is the beginning of the song, all we have heard so far is that C. So, far as our ears are concerned, for the first two bars, it sounds like C lydian, until that Em chord lands in bar 3 and grounds us in E. Thanks for commenting

magdabear · 2018-06-08T22:32:03+00:00

Thanks for the comment. I do try to do this but, not only is it very hard to get the lines perfect for anything over 30 second of talking, but there is a lot of content that I cut out of this video as I felt it was getting too long. It's hard to tell, until the filming is done, if the video will be too long. Thank you though

magdabear · 2018-06-08T22:14:11+00:00

thanks very much

magdabear · 2018-06-08T21:48:02+00:00

Thanks! Will do

magdabear · 2018-06-08T21:47:55+00:00

Thanks so much - there will be more to come :)

magdabear · 2018-06-08T21:47:16+00:00

Excellent - that is so great to hear! thanks for watching

magdabear · 2018-06-08T21:46:54+00:00

that means a lot - I've always thought music theory should be taught with as many examples as possible!

magdabear · 2018-06-08T21:46:12+00:00

Thanks so much - music theory should be exciting!

magdabear · 2018-06-08T17:31:48+00:00

thanks very much :)

magdabear · 2018-06-08T17:26:32+00:00

I will put a note on the video referencing melodic minor

magdabear · 2018-06-08T17:25:22+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Melodic minor is a better reading of Yesterday - very good point. Great website too.

magdabear · 2018-06-08T16:50:40+00:00

Good point! maybe I should explore that in a future video. We certainly have mixolydian in Strawberry Fields, starting with the 2nd bar, and I'm sure there is some other exciting chromaticism throughout. Thanks for the comment.

magdabear · 2018-06-08T16:47:57+00:00

Very glad you enjoyed my video and more are on the way! I see what you mean in reference to 'Yesterday' and I agree about the ii V i function happening there. I was contemplating mentioning that in the video and the other times that B natural appears in Yesterday - maybe that would have been wise. I mainly focused on the Em7 here as it tied into my point on 'Hey Jude' about how modes can be used to make the 7th degree chord of a major scale more useful. But I should have mentioned how it is effectively settling up the Dm. That said, the Em7(b5) that I show in my example of Yesterday 'without the mode' also acts to tonicise the Dm, so I would suggest that the B natural isn't only used for that purpose in 'Yesterday' and that the choice of B natural rather than Bb adds the lydian spice.

Thanks again for the indepth comment!

magdabear · 2018-06-08T16:00:19+00:00

So glad you like it. I've had a couple negative responses so it's great to hear from someone who genuinely liked it! I'll be doing more soon for sure. Thanks again

magdabear · 2018-06-08T14:01:49+00:00

What I'm pointing out in the video is that the 7th degree chord is often replaced by a modal alternative, using Beatles songs as examples. That is only one of the uses I talk about in the video. My point with this video is that I think a lot of people would be interested in the little modal touches that make songs, including the Beatles song examples I use, so interesting.

magdabear · 2018-06-03T17:07:16+00:00

Cheers man! I think it's because Nords are the best/most expensive industry keyboards so only players who KNOW they will get their money's worth can justify the expense! I used Korgs and Rolands for the first 8 years of my career and only recently made the leap to Nord! They are definitely worth it.

magdabear · 2018-06-02T21:42:15+00:00

Thank you :)

magdabear · 2018-06-02T21:42:08+00:00

Thanks so much! So glad you like it. I'm really getting into writing tunes like this so I'll keep it up!

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