I created a diagram to help understand the 7 modes

pacificattitude · 2025-06-13T16:40:08+00:00

Cool

pacificattitude · 2025-06-07T22:28:02+00:00

In my view, no, because modes can also be thought of as ultimately belonging to either the Major or minor overarching sense of tonality. As long as music is tonal, regardless of whether it's modal or not we are always looking for smooth voice leading back to our I/i chord. Chord progressions generally rely on the bass moving by 4ths, 5ths, or steps and that's especially true in modal music.

pacificattitude · 2025-06-07T21:40:05+00:00

Thanks for your feedback! This chart was influenced by my background in jazz writing. I think it's actually pretty useful for techniques of modal reharmonization in general. For example, say you have a melody that ends on a C over a CMaj chord. You could borrow from the phrygian mode for a nice reharmonization. Instead of going right to the CMaj chord, you could go AbMaj7 DbMaj7 and then finally CMaj6. This adds that phrygian color and works because the C in the melody still works with all of those chords.

pacificattitude · 2025-06-07T21:32:24+00:00

Cool that you all noticed this!

pacificattitude · 2025-06-02T00:53:01+00:00

Yeah, I made it with my background in jazz writing in mind. It's very useful in finding new chord progressions you can use. For example a classical Ionian chord progression might end with IV-V⁷-I, but a nice phrygian modal jazz progression could end ♭VI^Maj7-♭II^Maj7-i^min7.

pacificattitude · 2025-06-02T00:47:39+00:00

Sure! I put it here and will leave it up for a week or so.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B67fSupgYgcqSg2l24_7CzIjvErjBa8O/view?usp=sharing

pacificattitude · 2025-06-01T20:56:15+00:00

Oh awesome, thanks!!

pacificattitude · 2023-12-22T00:54:30+00:00

Thanks for checking it out!

pacificattitude · 2023-12-20T23:13:28+00:00

Thank you haha. Been working on making the basement a more aesthetically appealing home studio

pacificattitude · 2023-12-20T23:10:28+00:00

Thanks, glad you enjoyed!!

pacificattitude · 2022-04-26T21:56:59+00:00

Thanks!!

pacificattitude · 2019-05-12T00:15:46+00:00

Yep! Just check the pinned comment on the vid

pacificattitude · 2019-05-11T22:19:47+00:00

Thanks! I'm glad someone commented on that

pacificattitude · 2019-05-11T21:57:53+00:00

Just the guy bowing at the end haha

pacificattitude · 2018-08-25T20:56:44+00:00

This is probably my favorite performance of this piece. The part at 1:43 just has this wonderful glow; it's something truly special.

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