The Modal Method of Music
The Modal Method of Music
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War of the Worlds for solo acoustic guitar
My arrangement of The Eve of the War from Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds for acoustic guitar. Played on a Sheldon Schwartz pinnacle. Music and film edited by Adam House music.
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Alternative scales for playing over Major scale chords I2:54Alternative scales for playing over Major scale chords I
Alternative scales for playing over Major scale chords I
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In this video I explain the use of Melodic and Neapolitan Major over a chord progression from the Major scale, in this case Dorian. The scale choices are to be found in section I of M3 book and give the root notes of the scales to be used. This is a video to accompany my original post at my facebook group groups/modalmethodmusictheory
Guitar playing whilst reading a book2:40Guitar playing whilst reading a book
Guitar playing whilst reading a book
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One way of figuring out what your weak points are on the guitar is to read a book aloud whilst playing. I demonstrate the concept with Lord of the rings. This video accompanies a post at the Modal Method Music Theory group: groups/modalmethodmusictheory/permalink/415593077924828
A Comparison of Takemitsu's and Brouwer's use of the Melodic b5 scales in their compositions.1:22A Comparison of Takemitsu's and Brouwer's use of the Melodic b5 scales in their compositions.
A Comparison of Takemitsu's and Brouwer's use of the Melodic b5 scales in their compositions.
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This video shows short extracts from Toru Takemitsu's In The Woods and Leo Brouwer's El Decameron Negro with a focus on the use of the Melodic b5 scale in their compositions. All examples used are made of Melodic b5 scales only. This video is part of a larger conversation taking place at the Modal Method Music Theory group on Facebook. You can find it here: groups/modalmethodmusict...
Invention in E Minor by R G Bedwell2:53Invention in E Minor by R G Bedwell
Invention in E Minor by R G Bedwell
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Seattle pianist Judith Cohen plays my Invention in E minor. I used the Modal Method explained in my book to write in a baroque style. Scales used: Major, Melodic, Harmonic minor, Harmonic Major, Locrian natural 7, Neapolitan minor, Neapolitan Major. The Modal Method of Music can be found at my website: www.bedwellmusic.co.uk/general-7 You can also join the group discussing the Modal Method here...
Augmented scale choices0:24Augmented scale choices
Augmented scale choices
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This short videos shows possible scale choices over an Augmented chord. Modes played include Lydian , Lydian #2, Lydian #6, Major Locrian and Enigmatic. This video is an accompaniment to the facebook post on Augmented chords, found here groups/modalmethodmusictheory
Using Neapolitan minor with the Persian scale0:20Using Neapolitan minor with the Persian scale
Using Neapolitan minor with the Persian scale
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This short video accompanies my post on The Modal Method Music Theory group, which is found here: groups/modalmethodmusictheory It covers the third use of the Neapolitan minor scale, following it with the Persian scale. The scale sequence is C Major - E Neapolitan minor - B Persian. This is part of a series of videos that cover the topics in my book The Modal Method of Music, avail...