![]() This is wrong, cause G minor consists of G, A, Bb, C, D, Eb and F. Online stores like Beatport listed my song in G minor. ![]() Independently of the correct scale, it’s pretty clear that this song is neither major nor minor. You can also argue, that Bb6 is the main chord, leading to a Bb lydian scale with a bass line on G. Bb6 is used in different inversions, where the G sounds more intense (G – Bb – D – G). The string section plays the following chords. This song was written whilst hitting some random chords on my synthesizer. I really like this epic and cinematic sounding theme, but I was not able to understand the theory behind it. I found out, that the keynote of this song is G on a scale of D minor. The reason I write this blogpost is my epic trance song, The Awakening. ![]() The Awakening is written in dorian or lydian mode I write a lot of songs in modal scales, so here are some examples. You will hardly listen to an electronic music production in another scale than minor or major. How I use modal scales in my musicĪll in all, modal scales seem to be most popular in jazz and progressive and are sometimes used in pop music. In modal songwriting, you do that quite often, too. As long as it sounds good, there is nothing wrong about shifting the scales and keys. Shifting intervals, you can take a look into blues scales, pentatonic, chromatic or exotic scales. There are also modes of harmonic minor and melodic minor. Modes of natural minor are only a tiny segment of all possible scales you can use for songwriting. Dorian sound somewhat minor, but locrian and phrygrian sound weird to me. Honestly, I find it quite hard to find the scale of a song only by listening. David Bennett collected some nice examples of modal scales in his YouTube video. The aeolian scale (= natural minor) is also used quite often, but I think only less of you can name a pop song in mixolydian or locrian scale. How do modal scales sound like?Īs I already said, pop music uses major and minor scales for the most time. Just print it out on cardboard and cut it out. It’s a harmonic wheel, where you can look up the notes and chords of the modes of natural minor. For finding the name of the scale, I use the German tool “kleine Skalenuhr” of Klaus Rower. I write songs the way I like and find the correct names for my chords afterwards. I do not like to talk about cadences and functions. You may have noticed, that I do not care much about music theory. I would also take C 7 and G sus4 into account. In G mixolydian C, G, F, Dm, Am, Em would be nice. Afterwards, I choose chords, which apply to this scale. If I want to write a song in G mixolydian, my base chord should be G, G sus4 or G 13 and my melody should start with G. The easiest way to understand keys and modes is to imagine these as a set of tones, which can be used for a song. C - D - E - F - G - A - B = C ionic or C majorĪ - B - C - D - E - F - G = A aeolian oder A natural minor
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