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MODES EXPLAINED | and The Common Misconceptions Behind Them
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MODES EXPLAINED | and The Common Misconceptions Behind Them

In this episode, I clear up some of the misconceptions about Modes that often confuse beginner students. After watching this, you will walk away with a much better understanding of the musical modes. For inquiries into private lessons email me at Jgiunta@jgiuntamusic.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JGiuntaMusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/JGiuntaMusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accounts/onetap/?next=%2F Website: https://www.jgiuntamusic.com/ Disclaimer: Some of these terms like “Modality/Modal,” are often used interchangeably which can lead to a lot of confusion. For example, most texts refer to “Tonality” as “pitches organized around a Central Tone,” and “Modality” as “the specific choices of the pitches as relating to the Tonic.” This means in C Major the Tonality would be “C” and the Modality would be “minor.” However, often times the basic Major and minor scales are referred to as just that, scales, and all the other Modes are referred to as Modes. Traditional analysis of Tonal harmony typically refers to music up until about 1900 and then the “Chord Scale Theory,” which I talk about in this episode, came along. Also, in a Major/minor scale the Root, Fourth, and Fifth are referred to as the “Tonal Degrees,” and the Third and Sixth are referred to as the “Modal Degrees.” The Tonal Degrees don't change between Major and minor and the Modal degrees do change and they define the Modality of Major or minor. All of this can be confusing because writing Tonal Music and writing Modal Music are different concepts. In this episode, I do my best to clear up the confusion a lot of students face and I’m specifically talking about the difference between writing Tonal Music and writing Modal music, hence, the use of the term “Chord Scales.” Chromaticus Music LLC
How to add Chord EXTENSIONS
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How to add Chord EXTENSIONS

If you want to add some nice color, and richness to your Harmony you can add what are called Chord Extensions also known as Tensions, but how do you know which Tensions you can use for each chord? I'm going to break down how to find that out for every chord in the Major Key, as well as chords in minor Keys such as min/Maj7 chords, Augmented Chords, Diminished chords, and more. For inquiries into private lessons email me at Jgiunta@jgiuntamusic.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JGiuntaMusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/JGiuntaMusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accounts/onetap/?next=%2F Website: https://www.jgiuntamusic.com/ 0:00 Intro 00:25 Rules 01:20 Origins of the Tensions 2:34 Chord Functions 4:08 C Ionian Chord Scale 5:42 D Dorian Chord Scale 7:40 E Phrygian Chord Scale 8:55 F Lydian Chord Scale 10:34 G Mixolydian Chord Scale 11:37 A Aeolian Chord Scale 12:17 B Locrian Chord Scale 13:11 Let’s look at minor Key harmony 14:40 A min/Maj7 18:40 bIIIMaj7 and bVII7 19:14 V7 chord in minor Key 21:57 Augmented Chords 24:29 Diminished Chords 25:59 Blues Chords 28:08 Final Notes For inquiries into private lessons email me at Jgiunta@jgiuntamusic.com Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accounts/onetap/?next=%2F Website: https://www.jgiuntamusic.com/ My Lesson on Dominant Chords that have other Functions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPshLuNYeOg&t=216s My Lesson on Diminished Chords: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YpWNZP2i_w&t=24s Chromaticus Music LLC
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About J. Giunta

I'm a composer, orchestrator, and educator.

I studied composition, arranging, and orchestration/film scoring at Berklee College

of Music. Now I'm building an education

platform starting with my Youtube channel "Chromaticus," where I create relatively brief videos that are jam-packed with information

about various types of "complex" music theory topics, at an easy pace, but without the

headache. I also break down orchestral scores

from all the masters over the last few hundred years for students that want to learn how to compose orchestral music.

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