Sir Mustapha
Group: Musicians
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Posted: Feb. 16 2005, 08:24 |
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| Quote (raven4x4x @ Feb. 16 2005, 06:02) | I'm afraid that's still not very clear to me. Perhaps I'd understand it better if I had any form of musical knowledge whatsoever. I don't even properly know what a key is.  
Of course, I don't need to know any of this to enjoy the music, but I am curious. Could someone explain it in layman's terms? |
Oh, well, it's difficult to understand, indeed. It's kinda like explaining the difference between "WHILE" and "FOREACH" to someone who's never seen PHP.
But a mode... Well, if you take a piano, it's very easy to play the major C scale just pressing the white notes. The white notes of the piano play a major C scale naturally. But if you try to play a major G scale, for example, using only white notes as well, you have a G scale in Myxolydian mode. And if you play the major D scale using only the white keys, you have a D scale in Dorian mode. That's kind of what Mike does in that bass riff. He's playing E major, but in a different mode, that makes it sound... different.
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