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Thread #55442 Message #861914
Posted By: GUEST
08-Jan-03 - 04:19 PM
Thread Name: Who Named the Modes?
Subject: RE: Who Named the Modes?
AEOLIAN 1,2,b3,4,5,b6,b7,8
LOCHRYIAN (A theoretical mode...not generally found applied to songs in antiquity
1,b2,b3,4,b5,b6,b7,8
The idea of modes being applicable to folk music is theoretical and speculative. You can't prove or disprove it. Sharp applied it to Anglo-American folk music.
An interesting aspect would be the harmonic progressions
IONIAN I, IV, V (and more modern...V7) DORIAN Im,IV PHRYGIAN Im,bII or Im,bVIIm LYDIAN I,II MYXOLYDIAN I,bVII or I,Vm AEOLIAN Im,bVII or Im,Vm LOCHRYAN Theoretical but you could harmonize it with jazz changes