Re: [Harp-L] Re: When Johnny Comes Marching Home

[robert <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sure. Herbie Hancock's "Dolphin Dance" comes to mind.
WVa Bob

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On Jun 11, 2014, at 10:34 AM, "Harmonicology [Neil Ashby]" <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> (Michael Rubin)->"When using a mode of a major scale, the key is now the same name as the new root."
> 
> (Winslow Yerxa)->"but it is named for its tonal center, D,"
> 
> Is there any situation such that the  "tonal center" or "root" would be ambiguous?
> 
> /Neil (" http://thebuskingproject.com/busker/2025/ ")
> 
> 
> On â6â/â10â/â2014 at 10:41 AM, "Michael Rubin" <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Neil,
>> When you transpose the song to the key of D, it remains a minor 
>> song.  The
>> notes you are playing are all white notes and therefore are 
>> members of the
>> D Dorian scale, which is a mode of the C major scale.  
>> Coincidentally,
>> there are other D scales that use all of these notes, so this 
>> melody is not
>> necessarily dorian.  The D aeolian scale has all of these notes as 
>> well as
>> do others.  For the purpose of this discussion we'll call it 
>> dorian.  But
>> that does not make it in the key of C.  When using a mode of a 
>> major scale,
>> the key is now the same name as the new root.
>