Most classical and pop music is based on the familiar major or minor scale patterns also known as Ionian and Aeolian modes. Less often used modes create a variety of moods.
Listen to examples in this video of how switching the tonal center of a piece to a different starting note of the C scale creates a different feeling.
Tonal Centers and Modes Video
Mode Improvisation Samples
Choose a mood below, watch the sample improvisation video and create melodies matching the mood of your choice.
Imagine you are making a mini movie soundtrack and create melodies using the modes that match the mood of the storyline.
1-Ionian- Major, Happy
Create First Scales Dream of Melodies
2-Dorian Hopeful, Sad
3-Phrygian Exotic, Creepy, Dark, Tense
4-Lydian, Hopeful Dreamy
5-Mixolydian, Jazzy
6-Aeolian, Sad
Create First Glimmer of Hope
or Endless Road
7-Locrian, Unsettling, Creepy
Modes and Movies
Challenge: Imagine you are making a mini-movie soundtrack. Think of the events in your favorite movie or write a simple plot of your own and create melodies using the modes that match the mood of the storyline.
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