Chords are an essential part of music harmony, and since violins have four strings, you may be wondering if and how violins can play chords. While string instruments, like guitars, are often tasked...
Category: Music Theory
The Locrian Mode is the seventh mode of the Diatonic Major Scale. Let's look and listen to it with a bit more detail. The Locrian mode is often described as the white keys on the keyboard...
The Aeolian Mode is the sixth mode of the Diatonic Major Scale. Let's look and listen to it with a bit more detail.
The Mixolydian Mode is the fifth mode of the Diatonic Major Scale. Let's look and listen to it with a bit more detail.
The Lydian Mode is the fourth mode of the Diatonic Major Scale. Let's look and listen to it with a bit more detail.
How to write and play with modal harmony? That's a good question! Once we grasp the sounds of the modes, how do we actually use them in our compositions and improvisations? Over certain chords...