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Originally Posted by solidwalnut
Fret--
I get all this. This makes sense. Aside from the fact that modern folk and rock have stolen or misconstrued the concept, what name do we give what we're hearing? It may be strictly speaking the Ionian mode, but we definitely hear something different when we play the major scale intervals from a different starting point other than the root.
Steve
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Hi Steve, the effect you're referring to is a tonal rather than a modal effect. In the key of C, if you play the notes of the C scale based on the note F (over the chord F) you're hearing subdominant harmony, i.e., the IV chord.
If there's no accompanying harmony, the notes you're playing can still imply that subdominant harmony and tonality. It's a very different effect to that created by the Lydian mode as it appears in modal music.