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Chord progressions can be built around each mode to reaffirm their tonic or "home".

Each mode has its own tonic chord rooted on its related degree of the parent scale.

Modal chord progressions use the same harmonic structure as their parent major scale.

We'll look at that more advanced concept another time! Songs may also move between different modes, as a form of modal interchange. This is really all about identifying movements as they arise and thinking "ah, that sounds like Mixolydian", for example. Think of these modal chord movements as supporting their melodic movements (and vice versa).Īlso keep in mind that some songs are only modal in sections, e.g. It's the resolution around this tonic chord, and its relationship between other chords in the parent scale, that brings out the mode's unique flavour. Hopefully, by listening to those examples above (and there are countless more out there), you can hear a different tonic/resolution chord with each mode. Jam to more Mixolydian progressions here Final Thoughts.

So we're listening out for movements that support/resolve around a tonic degree other than the more common I and vi of the major scale. There are also certain chords and movements that support a particular mode and its tonic chord more than others.

This is because for a modal tonic to feel like "home", it tends to avoid resolving on stronger tonics such as the I and vi of the major scale, which you'll hear in the majority of songs. In most cases, a modal progression won't use every chord from the scale. A common Mixolydian movement you'll hear, therefore, is between its I and ♭ VII (or V and IV relative to its parent major scale degrees).īecoming aware of these differences between the chord relationships of regular major and minor keys and modal keys will help you identify which mode a movement is connected to. As a major mode, this modified v is one clue we are not in the more common major (Ionian) key, which would have a major V.Īnother Mixolydian clue is the major ♭ VII, a whole step down from the tonic. We can see Mixolydian's 5th degree chord ( v) is minor, based on its position in the scale relative to the new tonic. We know its tonic is Dm, based on the ii of the C major scale. ii, iii, IV, V) being "home" and the relationship between the chords being played around that degree.įor example, take D Dorian. It can be easier to start with the Scale and Key and paint the chords manually within that. This is determined by both the feeling of another degree (e.g. In a way, the biggest challenge for understanding modal progressions is knowing when a major or minor key doesn't resolve around the more common I or vi of the scale. This means the progression will typically begin or feel at rest on one of these other degrees. But we can also have a "Dorian tonic", built on the ii of the scale. Most often it'll be Ionian ( I) or Aeolian ( vi), the natural (and strongest) major and minor key centers. With a modal progression, one of the degrees of the parent scale becomes the tonic. The tonic of a progression can also be thought of as the "home" chord, or the center around which a movement or progression resolves. My chord progressions section will help you with this. Get to know the harmonised major scale sequence in all keys first, then identifying modal progressions will be a lot easier.

So all we're really doing is harmonising the appropriate major (parent) scale in chord form and identifying one of its degrees as the center/tonic of our modal progression. This is how we'd get the chords for our modes G Ionian, A Dorian, B Phrygian, C Lydian, D Mixolydian, E Aeolian and F♯ Locrian.