Relative and Parallel Modes

Description

In my last trick I talked about the modes of the major scale, and how the modes of C for example all sound pretty much the same. There isn\'t really much of a difference between C Ionian or D Dorian, so might might be saying, \"Why use modes, just use one scale?\"
Well the modes I talked about last time are reffered to as relative modes. They all sound the same as long as your playing them in the same key. So I thought today I\'d talk about parallel modes, which are the different modes played off the same root note.
Parallel modes are a much better way to see how different modes sound when compared to each other. Just like we can have maodes in the Key of C, we can apply them to all other keys. And, by taking all the modes from all the different keys that start with the same root note, C for example, we can hear the diffeence in the way the modes sound.
Play the first example below and you\'ll see whet I mean. It is a C Ionain Scale followed by an E Phrygian.(I hope you havent forgotten the names of the modes) They are in the same key, and because they share the same notes, they sound very similar. Play the second excample now. It contains a C Ionian scale and a C Phrygian scale. They contain the same root note, but arent in the same key, so we can really hear the difference in sound.
Next lesson I\'ll tak about the pattern of whole and half steps that all modes have, so you can play all the parallel modes off any root note you want. Then you\'ll really hear how all the modes sound when compared to each other.