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THE IONIAN MODE

Leave a Comment / La Sfera Disarmonica / By Alessandro Cossu

Ionian The Ionian mode is the “modal equivalent” of the major scale: its intervals are the same but the notes of the scale are treated differently. In particular it changes the relation between melody and harmony; if tonality has its meaning in the use of cadences and harmonic functions, we can say that in modality …

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MODAL CHORDS

Music Lessons on-line / By Alessandro Cossu

Modal Chords If I go back and think about the first years of my guitar studies, I have to admit that I found studying chords boring. It was that boring moment between a solo and the next. I think in that period I was lacking the right perspective and, even more, someone making me understand …

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