Article: Modal harmony secrets. (guitar lesson)(Sessions; includes musical notation examples)

Article: Modal Harmony In Jazz: PART ONE
Piano Today;  October 1, 2007 ;     669 words ... ... the Summer 2007 issue of Piano Today requested a feature on modal harmony. I thought that this material, adapted from my volume ... Hal Leonard Corporation), would serve as a good primer. Modal harmony, like traditional major/minor harmony, is created by ...

Article: Digging Modal Harmony.(Brief Article)
Guitar Player;  August 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... something new into what you already know. Next time, we'll explore Dorian harmony. Thanks to Paul Niemiec for suggesting modal harmony as a Back Track topic and for coining the term "chordal flag"--excellent! Got a topic you'd like to see us address ...

Article: Modal Harmony In Jazz PART TWO
Piano Today;  January 1, 2008 ;     662 words ...Building on the material presented in the last issue, let's examine other modal possibilities in jazz improvisation. Whenever Major Seventh chords appear in a composition, it is possible to utilize not only the Ionian Mode (found by playing the white notes from C to C), but the Lydian Mode as well.

Article: Modal Harmony In Jazz: PART THREE
Piano Today;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...In jazz improvisation, modes are ordinarily employed to best advantage when harmonic motion is static-that is, when each chord lasts several beats or even several bars. This allows time to establish firmly the modal sound; to enable the ear to hear a given mode as more than a fleeting experience.

Article: Exploring Aeolian Changes.
Guitar Player;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... chords built from its notes ("Digging Modal Harmony," Aug. '00 GP). In that lesson ... tones. Next time, we'll start mixing modal harmony to create more complex progressions. MODAL HARMONY COMPARISON CHART E Mixolydian E (I ...

Article: Crafting Modal Progressions.(Brief Article)
Guitar Player;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... ve missed our previous adventures, check out "Digging Modal Harmony," "Dorian Grooves," and "Exploring Aeolian Changes ... issues of GP.) And once you've built a progression using modal harmony, it's a no-brainer to improvise over the changes: Simply ...

Dictionary definition: Malipiero, Gian Francesco
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera;      603 words ... ... Malipiero's outlook was fundamentally that of a spirited avant-gardist; his distinctive musical language owes most to modal harmony and to a dislike of counterpoint and thematic development, while his vocal lines exhibit great rhythmical freedom following ...