The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #55442 Message #861845
Posted By: GUEST,MTed
08-Jan-03 - 03:20 PM
Thread Name: Who Named the Modes?
Subject: RE: Who Named the Modes?
The Locrian scale goes from B to B on the white keys: B-C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C, the intervals are: H/W/W/H/W/W/W (H=Half Step W=Whole step), so, starting on a C, it would be: C/Db/Eb/F/Gb/Ab/Bb/C
The Phrygian scale goes from E to E on the white keys: EF G A BC D E so the intervals are: H/W/W/W/H/W/W so starting on C, it would be:
C/Db/Eb/F/G/Ab/Bb/C-
Both scales have a flatted second, minor third. flatted sixth and flatted seventh, but the Locrian scale has a flatted fifth step -while the Phrygian has a perfect fifth step--
The Locrian scale's tonic chord is the dreaded "devil's triad"C-Eb-Gb, or diminished chord, rather than a major or minor chord, like the other modal scales have, which makes it a difficult scale to do much with--
The Mixoydian is a major scale with a flatted 7th(like a C with a Bb instead of a B) and Lydian is a major scale with a raised 4th(F# instead of F)-
This will probably take a bit of thought to absorb, since it took me the better part of the last hour to write out an explanation, and I (at least supposedly) understand it;-)