[Harp-L] All this Positions and Modes stuff

[Michael Rubin]

Actually the starting and the end note have little to do with a mode.  The
rhythm bass and chordal instruments' root notes of either the key to the
song or, in a song rapidly changing tonal centers with the chords, the
current tonal center defines the mode.

For example, I could start on B and end on F and never play a G note, I am
still using the G mixolydian scale if the band is in the key of G and I hit
only white keys.



On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 11:17 AM philharpn--- via Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
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> The difference is the starting point and ending point.
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> The notes in the  C scale starting  G to G yields the G mixolydian; the C
> scale starting C to C yields a C major and a C scale starting A to A yields
> an A minor. Yet they comprise the same notes.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Iceman via Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
> To: arturojennings <arturojennings at xxxxx>; harp-l <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Sent: Mon, Oct 29, 2018 7:47 am
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] All this Positions and Modes stuff
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> <<Saying that G Mixolydian is the same as C Major is analogous to saying A
> minor and C major are the same.
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> They aren't.>>
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> I'm with Arthur. They are not the same, even though they are comprised of
> the same notes.
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> Just because the contractor's bricks' used are the same, does that make
> his house the same as his stand alone garage?
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