What is modals?

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Mithun Taksande

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A modes are special scales which bring out specific moods. Modes are as good as raagas of Indian classical music. The only difference is that origin of each mode is either of you seven notes of a major scale which itself is one of the modes (Ionian) or pure major.
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For me modes are just another scale like major and minor. Every scale and mode has a different feelings and emotions in it. When you listen to a major scale or a song composed using major scale, you'll get a happy feeling and for minor scales you'll get a sad, emotional or may be an aggressive feel.same...
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For me modes are just another scale like major and minor. Every scale and mode has a different feelings and emotions in it. When you listen to a major scale or a song composed using major scale, you'll get a happy feeling and for minor scales you'll get a sad, emotional or may be an aggressive feel.same way modes also gives u different emotions and feelings and it is up to you, how you interpret yourself to those feelings of the desired mode and compose a song using the modes. For example if u want to compose a song which has a tension in it, you would use a Phrygian mode and so on. read less
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Guess you're asking about MODES. They are derivatives of a major scale, each mode starting from a diatonic note in the major scale and going up or down. To play modes, start from a different note than the root and continue on the major scale to end on the same note you started with, an octave above or...
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Guess you're asking about MODES. They are derivatives of a major scale, each mode starting from a diatonic note in the major scale and going up or down. To play modes, start from a different note than the root and continue on the major scale to end on the same note you started with, an octave above or below. These are the seven modes derived from a major scale: Ionian - The major scale, Starts from the root. Dorian - Starts from the 2nd note of the major scale Phrygian - 3rd note of the major scale Lydian - 4th note Mixolydian - 5th Aeolian - 6th Locrian - 7th Modal harmony is the harmonic derivative of a mode. read less
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Hi Saif, Is you question - What is modes? If so, these are different starting positions of the Scales which give rise to different intervals and thus a whole new sound.
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Scales in Music.
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Its kind of like grammar. For any language we follow a grammar pattern. For music modes are mainly the grammar. It sets the mood.
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Discovering The Language

Modal theory is a study of alternate tonic of the root scale. The tonic varies to other notes of the scale so that we get different modes of it.
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