Changing Minor Modes

morigami · Post by **morigami** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:19 am

Hey folks, was hoping someone could enlighten me on minor modes.

Is it possible to change minor modes, say from harmonic to melodic, within the same song, just as it is possible to change to major from minor and vice versa?

Thanks!

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 3:20 pm

everything is possible. only a question of whether or not it sounds good.

ie, switching to melodic minor in a melody might work as a prelude to a shift to a different key, major scale, or chord structure.

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 3:36 pm

you can use an alteration of the scale depending on what chord is underneath

for instance

if you have a minor 6 chord, the fitting mode would be Dorian

test_recordings · Post by **test_recordings** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:51 pm

You never know until you try...

djerkov · Post by **djerkov** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:02 am

I didn't think anyone had used the melodic minor since the 16th century.....

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:16 pm

djerkov wrote:I didn't think anyone had used the melodic minor since the 16th century.....

what? i hear it so many dub tunes...

metal tunes, rock tunes

all it is is the major 7th added to a minor

djerkov · Post by **djerkov** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:18 pm

you're thinking of the harmonic minor.

melodic minor, i think, is a natural minor with a raised 6th and 7th when played ascending and is just a normal natural minorwhen descending. it's gay.

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:42 pm

djerkov wrote:you're thinking of the harmonic minor.

melodic minor, i think, is a natural minor with a raised 6th and 7th when played ascending and is just a normal natural minorwhen descending. it's gay.

oh youre right woops

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:46 am

augmented 6th is EVIL in and of itself, though. isn't it the devil's tritone or something like that?

tarzan · Post by **tarzan** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:34 am

djerkov wrote:you're thinking of the harmonic minor.

melodic minor, i think, is a natural minor with a raised 6th and 7th when played ascending and is just a normal natural minorwhen descending. it's gay.

melodic minor is still used quite a lot in jazz

TeReKeTe wrote:augmented 6th is EVIL in and of itself, though. isn't it the devil's tritone or something like that?

the flat 5th is the devils interval, or tritone (because it's 3 tones above the root), and augmented 6th is just a minor 7th. but what djerkov meant was that you raise the minor 6th up to a major 6th, so the melodic minor is basically a major scale with a minor 3rd.

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