Major and Minor Modes

Author: Paul Schmeling

Lesson description

Explore how to construct major and minor modal scales, including Ionian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Dorian, Phrygian, and Locrian, with Berklee College of Music Piano Chair Emeritus Paul Schmeling.

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