Modal Theory - The 7 Church Modes Explained

We start up with basic stuff and get very geeky later on :)

We create the CIRCLE OF CHURCH MODES - a very useful illustration to locate, describe and arrange all seven medieval modes: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian.

We explore the universal interval pattern of the church modes and we develop some very nice sounding improvisation tricks we can use and reuse, no matter what church mode we are playing!

We end up playing all seven jazz modes using the minor pentatonic scale.

In the lesson I refer to this video about playing the Dorian mode using the pentatonic scale:    • How to play Dorian Mode using the Pen...  

You may also watch this related video making a tool to look up all 7 church modes in all 12 keys:    • the TOOL of CHURCH MODES  

All Lessons from NewJazz:
   • Shortcuts to "JAZZ & BLUES" Improvisa...  

All Music from NewJazz:
   • "Do the Church Mode" - Spacy Modal Ja...  

Song title: "Do the Church Mode"
Tempo: 80 BPM
Drums: Erik Frandsen
Keyboard: Oliver Prehn

Keynote throughout the entire Song: "D"

Score:
||: Dorian | Ionian | Locrian | Aeolian |
| Dorian | Phrygian | Lydian | Mixolydian :||

Translations of the English subtitles to Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French by Edgardo Solano from Colombia. Thank you so much Edgardo!!! You can turn on the subtitles and choose a language in the video settings.

Best Regards
Oliver Prehn

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