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Lydian Mode
Ideal for composing bright, ethereal melodies, the Lydian mode is a bright and dreamy scale built from the fourth degree of the major scale. With its raised fourth scale degree, the Lydian mode offers a modern, open sound favored in film scores and progressive music.
The video uses staff demonstrations and keyboard visuals to show how to construct the Lydian mode and apply it to various musical contexts.
1: Which notes construct an F Lydian mode?
2: Which notes construct a C Lydian mode?
3: Lydian mode can be looked at as a Major scale but with the exception of a
4: The notes of the lydian mode are derived from which scale degree of a corresponding Major scale?
5: Choose the correct pattern of half steps and whole steps that constructs the lydian mode
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Mixolydian Mode
Popular for dominant-sounding harmonies and riffs, the Mixolydian mode is a scale that resembles the Major scale but features a lowered 7th degree, giving it a bluesy, dominant sound.
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