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Old April 30th, 2007
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I think I'm clear now...a "mode" is basically a way to play a paticular scale...start on a note other than the root note and you are playing a different mode of that scale? If I am correct here.....what the heck are these modes for, anyway?????
Thanks for your patience!
hb
Yep, you're getting it. What the heck are they for?? Just fun and something different to do/a different way of looking at theory. It's fun to see how different parts of theory turn around and really the same thing as another part of theory. Some ways just speak more loudly than other ways to different people.

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