How To Write Lydian Mode Melodies

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  • čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
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    Timestamps
    0:00 - How To Write Lydian Mode Melodies
    0:12 - What Notes Go In To The Lydian Mode
    0:47 - How Does The C Lydian Mode Sound
    1:23 - How To Create Lydian Sounding Melodies With Strong & Weak Beats
    1:57 - The Difficulties With The Lydian Mode
    2:18 - What Is A Tritone & How Does It Sound?
    3:04 - A Melody That Uses the 5th Lydian Note
    3:49 - How To Shape Your Melodies
    4:13 - The Relationship Of Melody With Harmony
    6:11 - Modal Interchange / Modal Mixture In Lydian Melodies
    8:02 - How To Write A Lydian Melody For A Whole Song
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Komentáře • 14

  • @WriteASong
    @WriteASong  Před 10 měsíci +2

    Discover more about the Lydian mode here czcams.com/play/PLxJaS3gjOSqpWVhBVYA7xHUaPh_Re1tjc.html

  • @davewhitesax
    @davewhitesax Před 10 měsíci +1

    Wow 😮 If I was a judge on one of those many talent shows, I'd have pressed the Affirmative buzzer or button as soon as I heard your first sung word 'Listen....' followed by some great guitar work and the rest of the lyrics and chords that I sensed were going to be great...and they were! I also like your positive introduction. You know you have the audience in the palm of your hand, in a sort of old-fashioned entertainer's way but still do the audience the courtesy of inviting them to listen - and they do!

    • @WriteASong
      @WriteASong  Před 10 měsíci

      Thanks for the comment Dave! Although I'm not sure it was intended for this video...

  • @M2Mil7er
    @M2Mil7er Před 10 měsíci +3

    Lydian is my favourite mode of the major scale. I've always been a bit of a spaced out daydreamer (inattentive ADHD), and a bit unstable 😅

  • @kodowdus
    @kodowdus Před 10 měsíci +3

    David Bennett insists that "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac couldn't be in Lydian mode because of the shape of the melody, even though the chords of the song are consistent with I and II in the Lydian mode.

    • @WriteASong
      @WriteASong  Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yeah you need to take into account every part of the song. And even then there is some subjectivity with modal music.

    • @kodowdus
      @kodowdus Před 10 měsíci

      @@WriteASong I noticed that David B just doubled down on his assertion today, essentially saying that "Dreams" is clearly not modal because at one point an A minor chord shows up instead of the "looping" F and G major chords.

    • @aaronkandlik
      @aaronkandlik Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@kodowdustheory is subjective- so even though we have some agreed upon definitions: Lydian, Major chord, etc., it’s not a science.
      Sometimes you learn more about the analysts ear than the songwriters intent.

    • @kodowdus
      @kodowdus Před 9 měsíci

      @@aaronkandlik To me, the version linked to below is distinctly in an Aeolian mode, and the original is distinctly in a non-Aeolian mode, by virtue of factors that have nothing to do with the melody (which is identical, as far as I can tell).
      m.czcams.com/video/V1Ow7YuIVBA/video.html

  • @saidrahal
    @saidrahal Před 10 měsíci +1

    great video! Stil wonder how do you traduce your feelings-ideas into music, how do composers chose their chords and melodies to represent so many layers of colours, feelings, ideas and sensations, many times even in such an abstract way that I dont understand where is the border between a language with its own gramatic and a mix of mathematics and frecuencies ordered by a rational mind.

    • @WriteASong
      @WriteASong  Před 10 měsíci

      It's a difficult one to answer! Each composer will be different; drawing on experience, knowledge and inspiration/creativity to different degrees.

  • @dustmitefan50000
    @dustmitefan50000 Před 9 měsíci +1

    can we use #1

    • @WriteASong
      @WriteASong  Před 9 měsíci

      You can but it would be outside of the key.