Favorite Musical Mode or Scale

D minor which is the saddest of all keys, I find. People weep instantly when they hear it, and I don't know why. 



Edited by Ronnie Pilgrim - May 16 2010 at 17:02

thellama73 wrote: halabalushindigus wrote: On McCartney's "Red Rose Speedway" there's a song called "Hold Me Tight" in which Paul uses a revolving Circle Of Fifth's   But I'm counting on my fingers and I come up with perfect fourths. (Oh man, it's been so long since I took theory)   NJcat_11  HELP ME!!  is it 4th's or 5th's? I don't know the piece, but I expect you're confused because fourths and fifths are the same thing. Going down a fifth (the usual resolution of dominant harmony) is the same as going up a fourth (often the way in which the circle of fifths is listed.) Like so: C-G-D-A-E-B-F#-C#/Db-Ab-Eb-Bb-F-C

Thank You thellama73 it all adds up

halabalushindigus wrote: On McCartney's "Red Rose Speedway" there's a song called "Hold Me Tight" in which Paul uses a revolving Circle Of Fifth's   But I'm counting on my fingers and I come up with perfect fourths. (Oh man, it's been so long since I took theory)   NJcat_11  HELP ME!!  is it 4th's or 5th's?

I don't know the piece, but I expect you're confused because fourths and fifths are the same thing. Going down a fifth (the usual resolution of dominant harmony) is the same as going up a fourth (often the way in which the circle of fifths is listed.) Like so: C-G-D-A-E-B-F#-C#/Db-Ab-Eb-Bb-F-C

On McCartney's "Red Rose Speedway" there's a song called "Hold Me Tight" in which Paul uses a revolving Circle Of Fifth's

NJCat_11 wrote: halabalushindigus wrote: Hey NJ_11 riddle me this , on this beautiful Sunday after noon in Diego.  There's a film score dude from way back. The first time I heard him was when he did the music for the movie "Twilight" starring Paul Newman Susan Sarandon Gene Hackman  anyway, my talented (Fill in the blank )   his name is Elmer Berstein.  can anyone please fill me in on the rightouesness of this man. I noticed on the credits that his wife conducts the Orchestra     Seriously, Tell me about Elmer Berstein.  His soundtrack from "Twilight" was was nothing short of a Masterpiece.. I now see his name alot of places. He had a minor going ON!! You didn't give me any time to answer!  Well anyway... http://www.elmerbernstein.com/index.html and for additional info, here's another useful link: http://www.google.com/

Just kidding, I was really interested to find out that Elmer Bernstein composed the scores for such legendary movies as "Airplane!" and "Ghostbusters," as well as the score to "Heavy Metal."
Very cool.

Hey NJ_11 riddle me this , on this beautiful Sunday after noon in Diego.  There's a film score dude from way back. The first time I heard him was when he did the music for the movie "Twilight" starring Paul Newman Susan Sarandon Gene Hackman  anyway, my talented (Fill in the blank )

Minor pentatonic with the occasional flattened 5th. Yum!

For me it's the Phrygian. It's so dark, great for metal and breakcore Also a lot of the modes in Indian Classical Music are quite nice and brooding also.

halabalushindigus wrote: Georgio Marauder's "Midnight Express" , whatever mode that is in

Sounds like C Pentatonic

The mixolydian scale is extremely adaptable, of which I'm particularly fond. But I marvel at a good use of chromaticism - using that to link pentatonic licks together can be a really great way of improving your soloing skills. If only I knew how...