Part 4 · Scales and Modes: Where Melodies Come From

Example 4.7

Minor pentatonic mode 1 in A

What you hear

The scale up and down, chords from it, then an improvisation over a drone

Every example in Part 4

• Example 4.1C major, then the chromatic scale
• Example 4.2The white keys from G, then G major
• Example 4.3A natural minor, then C major: the same keys
• Example 4.4Frere Jacques in C major, then in C minor
• Example 4.5C major, G major, D major
• Example 4.6The black keys: G-flat major pentatonic
• Example 4.7Minor pentatonic mode 1 in A
• Example 4.8Minor pentatonic mode 2 (major pentatonic) in A
• Example 4.9Minor pentatonic mode 3 in A
• Example 4.10Minor pentatonic mode 4 in A
• Example 4.11Minor pentatonic mode 5 in A
• Example 4.12The A blues scale
• Example 4.13D Dorian, then E Phrygian, on the white keys
• Example 4.14Ionian mode in C
• Example 4.15Dorian mode in C
• Example 4.16Phrygian mode in C
• Example 4.17Lydian mode in C
• Example 4.18Mixolydian mode in C
• Example 4.19Aeolian mode in C
• Example 4.20Locrian mode in C
• Example 4.21A natural minor up to G, then to G-sharp and home
• Example 4.22Harmonic minor mode 1 in A
• Example 4.23Harmonic minor mode 2 in A
• Example 4.24Harmonic minor mode 3 in A
• Example 4.25Harmonic minor mode 4 in A
• Example 4.26Harmonic minor mode 5 in A
• Example 4.27Harmonic minor mode 6 in A
• Example 4.28Harmonic minor mode 7 in A
• Example 4.29Melodic minor mode 1 in A
• Example 4.30Melodic minor mode 2 in A
• Example 4.31Melodic minor mode 3 in A
• Example 4.32Melodic minor mode 4 in A
• Example 4.33Melodic minor mode 5 in A
• Example 4.34Melodic minor mode 6 in A
• Example 4.35Melodic minor mode 7 in A
• Example 4.36The whole-tone scale on C
• Example 4.37The two diminished scales on C
• Example 4.38The dominant bebop scale on C