Cover Photo by Johannes Plenio This is an excerpt lesson from the [STUDY PACK] Scales for Film Composers. Complete editions of video lessons, music scores (PDF), score analysis (PDF), and HD music examples used in this lesson can be viewed here. The character of a scale is greatly influenced by the spacing of its notes. … Read more
Cover Photo by Emilio Garcia This post was brought to you in collaboration with our partner site Behind the Score. The full video and text lesson on the Mixolydian Mode can be found here. What is Mixolydian Mode? Mixolydian mode, a musical scale that injects a dose of sophistication and swagger across genres. Think of Mixolydian as … Read more
Cover Photo by Amy Gatenby This is an excerpt lesson from the [STUDY PACK] Scales for Film Composers. Complete editions of video lessons, music scores (PDF), score analysis (PDF), and HD music examples used in this lesson can be viewed here. Introduction – Scale structure: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 (See Fig. A) … Read more
Cover Photo by 五玄土 ORIENTO This post was brought to you in collaboration with our partner site Behind the Score. What is a Hirajoshi scale? – Scale structure: 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 (Fig. A) – Japanese Pentatonic Scale The Hirajoshi scale is an example of a pentatonic (five-tone) scale. Owing in part to the fact … Read more
Cover Photo by Raymond Cozkes Introduction – Mode structure: 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 (Fig. J)– Characteristic Note: ♯4– Analogous to the fourth Mode of Double Harmonic Major Scale The Double Harmonic Minor scale features two sets of augmented second intervals, similar to the Double Harmonic Major scale (or Byzantine scale) in the … Read more
