Literally your mood can be altered due to a change in chemical reactions in your body due to these modes. I’ve always thought that’s totally bonkers (in a good way!). I think the best way to learn modes is to find out a little about what they sound like and how they make you feel as well as identifying popular examples that you can relate to. Think how much music you could make by knowing some of these modes. I think it’s a really powerful skill to be able to manipulate these sounds to change the way people feel. The lydian mode is my absolute favourite. Think of it as just a major scale except you nudge the 4th note up (higher) one fret (see below for a diagram). The position of that one note turns the scale into a dreamy, exotic, mystical sound. Now, this is my interpretation of it - you can make your own decision about what it sounds like to you. But you often hear the lydian mode in films set in space ( Wall:E is a great example). This blog post will just show you a few tunes that contain bass lines that use certain modes. There are 7 modes in the major scale and I’m just sticking to those for now (there are 7 from the harmonic minor and 7 from the melodic minor but let’s not go too crazy…). Once you can link a mode to a certain piece of music that you’re familiar with, they will start to mean a lot more to you and you’ll be able to listen with a much more educated ear. Ionian Mode Midnight In Harlem - Tedeschi Trucks Band This knowledge can be then used when you are writing music, constructing bass lines, jamming with other musicians or working out a bass line. The mode that starts on the 7th note of a major scale is the locrian. The chord that comes from this is a minor 7 flat 5 (or “half-diminished”) and that is where bass players commonly employ the locrian mode. That chord is used a lot in jazz so that’s where you hear the locrian used in walking bass lines that outline the harmony. The Strokes, however, came up with a great riff using these notes. Incidentally, I have no idea if they knew they were using locrian and it really doesn’t matter at the end of the day if you know the mode names or not as long as you can create something that sounds good.
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