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Know Your Modes – Aeolian

One of my favourite modes is the aeolian. To me, every mode and scale has its own character and associations, and it’s important for a songwriter to know them all. True, you could cheat and have someone else master keys for you, but using automatic tools wont help you develop the songwriting pallette needed to [...]

Know Your Modes – The Mixolydian

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The Mixolydian is a mode I associate with country, blues, heavy rock and the Beatles. It isn’t the only scale used in those styles, and it isn’t limited to those styles, but with it’s dominant seventh tonic chord and the emphasis on the seventh note of the scale, it always conjures up images of old [...]