described in the treatise
de Musica
of the Spanish composer and theoretician
Bartolomé Ramos de Pareja.
Associative Method
This sense of polarization toward either Major or Minor becomes one useful
technique for learning modes and familiarization with their characteristics. The
Associative Method
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classifies modes as having the same basic characteristics as
either Major or Minor and then recognizes the variances.
Major Sounding Modes
Minor Sounding Modes
Ionian: Major
Aeolian: Natural Minor
Lydian: Major, raised 4
Dorian: Minor, raised 6
Mixolydian: Major, lowered 7 Phrygian: Minor, lowered 2
Locrian: Minor, lowered 2 & 5
(
or Locrian: Phrygian, lowered 5
)
Figure 3.19
The Associative Method for Modes
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Associative Modes
This method is extremely useful in many instances, especially for recognition
purposes and as a tool for learning to hear and sing modes.Some advocate a similar
22. Recognition of modes by
association with either the
Major or the Minor scale and
observing the variances from
these.
Chapter 3 The Foundations Scale-Steps and Scales
3.4 Heptatonic Scales: Introduction to Modes
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