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Fleetwood Mac & the Modes
I've noticed that Lindsey often wrote in the Dorian mode ("Tusk"), Christine in the Mixolydian mode ("Believe Me"), & Stevie in both the Aeolian ("Rhiannon") & Lydian modes ("Dreams"). They may or may not be aware of this. Peter, too, wrote often in the Mixolydian mode ("Jumpin' at Shadows"). These ancient church modes predate the major & minor modes of Western music, which reigned supreme for about 200 years (c. 1700 to c. 1900). Art composers of the 20th century as well as pop, jazz & blues composers often reverted back to the old church modes (the Beatles wrote "Norwegian Wood" in the Mixolydian mode).
See Leonard Bernstein's "Young People's Concerts" on DVD with the program "What Is a Mode?" for additional information. edit: I mean, Duster Bennett. I always forget that Pete didn't write Shadows!
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But harmonic interest is typical of their quicker songs too, and one gets the impression that they think simultaneously of harmony and melody, so firmly are the major tonic sevenths and ninths built into their tunes, and the flat submediant key switches, so natural is the Aeolian cadence at the end of "Not a Second Time" (the chord progression which ends Mahler's "Song of the Earth")." Quote:
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I prefer Lydian & Phrygian myself.
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I have a mountain dulcimer, and I love Early music, so I am familiar with the sound of modes; however I have never been able to fully grasp music theory, and I would love to look at the Bernstein DVD. I hadn't noticed that the songs you mentioned were in classical modes, but that explains why I was drawn to them. I like folk music of the British Isles, and Scandinavian folk music for the "modal" sound.
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