Re: Fwd: OT SYNTHETIC MODES

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

Rick Walker wrote:

> 
> Another of my favorite scales currently, is
> the Lydian mode with a flattened 7th
> 
> 1   2    3    #4     5     6     b7     8va
> I just love how exotic it sounds and yet,  to my ear it doesn't sound 
> 'foreign'
> 

That's because it's one of the modes of the ascending melodic minor.

1 2 b3 4 5 6 7 8va

They all produce melodies that sound familiar within
the Western European classical idiom, while having
an unusual harmonic flavour.

Another quick easy to get example would be "Phrygian with 
a natural 6"

1 b2 b3 4 5 6 b7 8va

andy butler