Locrian Mode
Lesson 28 from: Music Theory Essentials: Chords, Scales and ModesTomas George
Locrian Mode
Lesson 28 from: Music Theory Essentials: Chords, Scales and ModesTomas George
Lesson Info
28. Locrian Mode
Lessons
Scales Introduction
03:08 2Working out a Major Scale
06:45 3Working out a Major Key from a Melody
05:51 4Major Keys and Scales
01:54 5Major Scale on a Score
02:56 6Triads
03:37 7Inversions
03:21 8Working out the Chords in a Major Scale
09:27Different Ways to Write out Chords
04:11 10Working out Major and Minor Triads
07:01 11Diminished and Augmented Triads
05:22 127th Chords
12:16 13Extended Chords
06:34 14Suspended Chords
06:02 15The Circle of 5ths
12:48 16How to Change Key
14:54 17Natural Minor Scale
11:21 18Chords in the Minor Scale
05:59 19Harmonic Minor Scale
07:15 20Melodic Minor Scale
11:12 21Modes
03:54 22Ionian Mode
00:47 23Dorian Mode
03:14 24Phrygian Mode
03:14 25Lydian Mode
01:21 26Mixolydian Mode
02:11 27Aeolian Mode
01:03 28Locrian Mode
03:56 29Section introduction
00:17 30Song Analysis 1 - Capsize
15:25 31Song Analysis 2 - Floating
18:07Lesson Info
Locrian Mode
OK. Now we're going to have a look at Locrian, which is the seventh one. So it's the seventh note of a major scale. This will now become the root note to create a Locrian. So if we're in C major, the seventh note 1234567 is this B so straight away, we're starting with the semi tonal movements. So the low grid scale isn't really the nicest of scales. It's a little unusual. It's not really gonna be used that often. However, the easiest way to work it out is to just think of the seventh note degree or we just go up one semitone to find the major scale that it's from. So B Loren, we go up one semitone, it will give us C so it's notes of C major but starting on this B. So for example, F sharp Lon will be the notes of G major, but starting on F sharp because we go up one semitone. So it's kind of strange, it really wants to resolve up one semitone at the end. It doesn't sound like it should finish there. It really wants to just go to the G in this case, it really wants to go up on semitone. ...
However, it's still a mode that can be used if you want to add different flavors or colors to your music. OK. So on the screen here, we have the notes of B major and we can change this to be lorem by actually flattening the second, flattening the third, flattening the fifth, flatten the sixth and flattening the seventh. This is quite a difficult way of doing it. We need to change five notes. So for this instance, because it's B Lon, it's the same notes of C major. We basically need to change these sharps into naturals. So we change these black notes into white notes. So all we need to do is change this C# into ac. So we flatten the second flatten the third, then flatten the fifth flat in the six and then flatten the seventh and then flatten the seventh. So flat and the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th. So yeah, Lori, we do have to change quite a few notes from the major to the lo crim mode. However, it's easier to change the minor into the locum. So the notes of B minor, this has a C# and it also has an shop because it's the relative minor of D major. So it has two sharps. So to change a minor scale into Aloquin, all we need to do is flatten the second and flatter and the fifth, this will create a low CRN scale. Like I said, it does naturally wanna go to the next note and naturally wants to go semi Toone above at the end, it doesn't feel like it resolves, but that is a Lorean scale. It is quite an unusual one and it's not really that commonly used. However, it can be interesting to add some color or some new flavors to your music. So these are the modes, these are the seven modes. Onion Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian mix Lydian Aeolian and Lori remember that passenger said if Dora plays like me all's lost. So onion, Dorian, Phrygian Lydian mixed Lydian Aeolian and Locrian. So these are the seven modes and just remember the different patterns I went through for each one and hopefully, this will add a bit more color and flavor to your music and it'll give you even more possibilities than just using the major scale and the minor scale. So thank you for watching and I'll see you in the next lecture.
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