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Original Message 1/10 31-Jul-03 @ 09:45 AM - a moody scale?
Message 2/10 31-Jul-03 @ 09:52 AM - RE: a moody scale?
LYDIAN - very bright, upbeat. Good for anything very bright and upbeat such as pop, kids music, etc
IONIAN - very sweet, happy, bright. Perfect for happy songs, love songs, etc. Used for almost all childrens music
MIXOLYDIAN - middle of the road bright scale. Good for light rock, pop, country, etc
DORIAN - perfect middle ground. Not too bright, not to dark. Good for country, rock, blues.
AEOLIAN - gritty, bluesy, warm sounding rock scale. This is the standard rock and blues scale.
PHRYGIAN - dark, classical metal sound. A Randy Rhoads favorite.
LOCRIAN - very dark, dissident, brooding. Good for heavy metal, dark classical, etc
Message 3/10 31-Jul-03 @ 10:30 AM - RE: a moody scale?
Message 4/10 31-Jul-03 @ 10:35 AM - RE: a moody scale?
I would point towards the Aeolin mode because it has a serious sad sound. The scale is 1,2,b3,4,5,b6,b7. So pick a key and apply this scale and you should be happy. I hope.
Message 5/10 31-Jul-03 @ 10:53 AM - RE: a moody scale?
Message 6/10 31-Jul-03 @ 10:56 AM - RE: a moody scale?
Message 8/10 31-Jul-03 @ 02:41 PM - RE: a moody scale?
Message 9/10 31-Jul-03 @ 05:03 PM - RE: a moody scale?
i can't be bothered to look up what name it is, but the mode where you start on e and go up all the white keys is so spanish i dunno how you could describe it any other way.
and "darkest" ? that depends on the notes you use, you can have 3 notes and have the classic dark dance riff straight away
- c c c c# Bb
and repeat. darkness for me comes from dissonance, like chromatic (playing all the notes (simple explanation)) or anything diminished or maybe even a "whole tone" abstract dark style .. (look them up) but minor is a good place to start. dark = sad maybe is a broad generalisation but i think it works usually.
as to Bb being more "dark" coz it uses more black keys well that's a whole other discussion, certainly some composers have and still do classify keys by their "tonal character" e-major being a "bright" key and suchlike but i've not enough knowledge to say any more about that. i think the idea was quite a popular idea in the 19th century amongst european composers, but don't quote me on that.
there's certainly a lot of information on this on the internet so you can do some searching for yourself. only thing i can say is don't get too hooked up on what key, get making good tunes. ;)
Message 10/10 01-Aug-03 @ 06:16 AM - RE: a moody scale?
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