Mode/Pentatonic Finding
Listen to each of the following examples and
determine if some of the material draws from one of the following scales.
In some cases, other notes/scales will be at work, but
the primary scale at work will be one of the following:
Scale/mode |
Description |
Major
Pentatonic |
like a major scale with the 4th and 7th scale degrees
omitted: C D E G A C |
Minor
pentatonic |
like a minor scale with the 2nd and 6th scale degrees
omitted: C Eb
F G Bb C |
Mixolydian mode |
like a major scale with a lowered 7th scale degree: C D E F G A Bb C |
Dorian
Mode |
like a minor scale with a raised 6th scale degree: C D Eb
F G A Bb C |
My Girl, The Temptations
Who
Knows, Jimi Hendrix/Band of Gypsys
Bremen,
Excerpt, Keith Jarrett
Chameleon,
Herbie Hancock
15
Hungarian Peasant Songs, No. 7, Bartok
15
Hungarian Peasant Songs, No. 15, Bartok
Norwegian
Wood, Beatles (the verse and chorus are in different modes!)
Tears
of a Clown, Smoky Robinson
Gymnopedie No 3, Satie (this might be tricky)
Amazing
Grace (sung by Judy Collins)
La
fille aux cheveux De lin, Debussy (the main melody)