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Koolen
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Koolen
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Joined: 04/20/03
Posts: 34
02/06/2004 1:45 am
Ok, this is my question for you fine intelligent peoples.

Take the A Natural Scale and its Modes.

The question is.

When I change modes, does this change key or just the root note? I ask this because when I play the modes I tend to move back to the nearest A no matter what mode I play. The scale just doesn’t sound complete until I touch an A for the ending note.

Take E Phrygian for example: E,F,G,A,B,C,D,E
Is that really the key of A, I know it is the notes of A Natural Minor, but what key?

My conclusion is that I got to shift all the mode patterns to change key, and that is something that I would spend allot of time getting use to for Improvising and stuff.