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Mark
Ha`aha`a
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 Posted - 08/26/2008 : 07:05:21 AM
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Not sure about Aqualung, it's been a long time since I played it, but I recall the bass riff setting up a dominant 7 on the I chord.
For a better example, sing a chorus of "Blue Jay Way" -- "There's a fog upon LA... and my friends have lost their way..."
And here are lots more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydian_mode
Actually, there are tons of slack key standards that approach the Lydian mode.
"Old Timer's Hula" and "Kolomona Slack Key" both rely on a #4 (C#) against the G major chord. There are dozens more.
They really aren't lydian mode songs, as they will revert back to a C natural when the song changes to D7. But it will give you an idea what the mode sounds like for a couple of measures, anyway.
What is really going on relates less to modes and more to the use of an A7 in the key of G-- think about the "Hawaiian Vamp" as played on a uke: / A7 D7 / G /.
Yep, the 3rd of an A7 chord is the same as the #4 of a G scale. Ain't music wonderful?
So how about those classical guitars, anyway?
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Edited by - Mark on 08/26/2008 07:06:28 AM |
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 08/26/2008 : 08:49:58 AM
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quote:"Hey Paul. I don't think there are any lydian mode songs anymore. Might need to ask a monk, it was used in Gregorian chant I'm told."
That's why I couldn't think of any. Even most dulcimer books don't show any. The phrygian mode is another rare bird. But the Monks thought of the cheerful sounds of the ionian mode(major scale) as sinful, so the chants favored the more somber sounding modes.Some time back I tried tuning to the less common modes just to see what they sounded like. I wasn't able to play any songs I knew using them, and my "noodling" didn't produce anything I chose to continue, so I dropped them.Thanks, Mark.
Paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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