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In music, we mostly don't use all the 12 notes all the time. We limit our palette of tones.
Modes are a couple of suggestions of palettes that work. They all have their flavors and they all lead to different results.
They all contain notes that are consonant, and they all contain notes that have tension.
That characteristic play of tension and release is what makes modes distinct.
There's a lot of historistic yadda yadda about church modes and greek tribes, which id fine for playing Trivial Pursuit. For playing music that's all completely irrelevant.
When it comes to application, it really comes done to organization of tension and release relative to a perceived root note.
Modes are a couple of suggestions of palettes that work. They all have their flavors and they all lead to different results.
They all contain notes that are consonant, and they all contain notes that have tension.
That characteristic play of tension and release is what makes modes distinct.
There's a lot of historistic yadda yadda about church modes and greek tribes, which id fine for playing Trivial Pursuit. For playing music that's all completely irrelevant.
When it comes to application, it really comes done to organization of tension and release relative to a perceived root note.
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