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marcusmiller
11-01-2003, 06:08 PM
Hello People
I am learning the scales :the major modes
Like Ionian (major)
Dorian
Phrygian
Mixolydian etc...etc...
I need a list of as much song as possible.
Such as : "Norvegian Wood" by Beatles is Mixolydian.
Would you give me song or artist list for each of the scales ?? So that i can listen to them more carefully...

Howard K
11-03-2003, 09:32 AM
Turn on the radio NOW and work out the main vocal melody to the first tune you hear on your bass. Just figure out the hook.

It's a major scale, or major scale mode, right?

Probably 99% of the songs in western culture use major scale or modes of!!!

Do you want to list a billion billion songs!!! :D

Seriously, you dont need to list them and you really dont need help finding them! You've got a couple already, just get out there and work out a few songs a day.
The major scale is so well used you're probably hearing it every time you hear music!

The best practice you do is to work out a couple of melodies, or guitar parts, or bass lines, or whatever each day on your bass and work out how they relate to the major scale.

:)