Lesson 34 - Inverting melodies and chord selection to invoke emotion
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Objective
Objective
When you invert a melody to discover all the modes, you also discover possible chord selections.
Discovering all the mode of our original scale.
Discovering all the mode of our original scale.
Scale name: Blues Hexatonic
Harmonic formula: 1 -3 4 -5 5 -7
You can write down all the modes of the original scale by taking the bass note and moving it to the high position. This is not a key transposition exercise, you use this to find different emotional feeling for any melody staying within a tonality.
These are modes of an original scale, they are note pure modal scales which represent one harmonic formula in terms of the seven natural modes. Here we're going to produce six unique harmonic formulas in which all may be represented with another seven pure modal scales.
The original scale has the harmonic formula 1 -3 4 -5 5 -7
In the key of C, this will be the notes, C, Eb, F, Gb, G and Bb. By taking the low base note and inverting six times, one inversion for every note of the scale, we're able to find all the mode having different harmonic formulas.
Original Scale: C, Eb, F, Gb, G, Bb
Harmonic Formula: 1 -3 4 -5 5 -7
Inversion 1: Eb, F, Gb, G, Bb, C
Harmonic Formula:1 2 -3 3 5 6
Inversion 2: F, Gb, G, Bb, C, Eb
Harmonic Formula:1 -2 2 4 5 -7
Inversion 3: Gb, G, Bb, C, Eb, F
Harmonic Formula:1 -2 3 -5 6 7
Inversion 4: G, Bb, C, Eb, F, Gb
Harmonic Formula:1 -3 4 +5 -7 7
Inversion 5: Bb, C, Eb, F, Gb, G
Harmonic Formula:1 2 4 5 +5 6
Chord selection for each mode
Chord selection for each mode
Original Scale: C, Eb, F, Gb, G, Bb
Harmonic Formula: 1 -3 4 -5 5 -7
Suggested Chords: Cm, Cm7, C7sus4, Cdim, Cm7b5
Inversion 1: Eb, F, Gb, G, Bb, C
Harmonic Formula: 1 2 -3 3 5 6
Suggested Chords: Eb, Eb6, Ebm, Ebm6
Inversion 2: F, Gb, G, Bb, C, Eb
Harmonic Formula: 1 -2 2 4 5 -7
Suggested Chords: Fsus4,F7sus4
Inversion 3: Gb, G, Bb, C, Eb, F
Harmonic Formula: 1 -2 3 -5 6 7
Suggested Chords: Gb6b5
Inversion 4: G, Bb, C, Eb, F, Gb
Harmonic Formula: 1 -3 4 +5 -7 7
Suggested Chords: GaugSus4, Gm#5
Inversion 5: Bb, C, Eb, F, Gb, G
Harmonic Formula: 1 2 4 5 +5 6
Suggested Chords: Bbsus4,Bb6sus4
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