Mode sound recordings?

pizazz · Mar 31, 2008

Hi everyone. I'm a contemporary voice student in australia and I need to learn the dorian and mixolydian modes as well as jazz melodic minor and blues scales. I've been looking all over the net for recordings of these that I could download to be able to lsiten to and learn. Can anyone help me??

colin_ · Apr 1, 2008

Just noticed you haven;t had any replies, so I'll make an effort to chip in...

Do you have access to a piano or keyboard? Do you understand the theory of these modes and how they are constructed? Has your teacher not provided you with any references?

I wouldn't want to insult you by rambling on about things you already know, so answering the above questions will help us to focus our answers.

As for recordings of these on the net, I'm afraid I really don't know of any off the top of my head but could help you to work them out.

Also, have you seen this page yet?
Dorian Mode

colin_ · Apr 1, 2008

Oh, and this one:
Jazz Modes

pizazz · Apr 10, 2008

I have a piano, yes. I'm learning the theory of them as I go. I saw those pages, but what i was really looking for was a recording because I wasn't sure what I was playing and learning was correct.

It's okay now though, because I've been doing them a lot and got a pianist to help out and I've been practicing, and improvising over the top, so I think I've got them now 🙂

Thankyou!

Linky Lee · Apr 10, 2008

It's best to play them and get the the sounds in your head.

Then you'll be able to apply them intuitively.

colin_ · Apr 13, 2008

Once you think you're getting somewhere, have a go at this.

Taz · Apr 13, 2008

Hi Pizazz, have you checked out this site

http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/piano/

It should have everything you need 😉

RiceBag · Apr 15, 2008

Hi Pizazz,

A good way to hear the sounds you want is MIDI format, which you might want to use.

In case it needs to be said, you download the file you want and most operating systems have a default MIDI player, which will start playing the file, similar to mp3.

So, in google, type what you want, i.e., "dorian midi" and you will get a lot of results. Most pages with the midi file alos play them for you "without downloading", but in your case you probably want to download, since you want "recordings".

Well, a midi file is actually a recording, of the information of what the musician actually did play.

Then, if you don't have already, you can download the Van Basco karaoke (MIDI) player, which shows the keyboard as the midi file is played, plus you can slow it, or change the scale of the piece, so you don't need to download a file for each pitch you want to practice/learn, just move the scale up or down using the Van Basco player, which is free, and is no strings, cost, nor any other problem.

Also, you can change the instrument that will sound, because the midi is just note-information.

This is quite close to a teacher to practice with.

RiceBag · Apr 15, 2008

Here's a typical site, of so many more, from google:

"A collection of useful musical scales in sheet-music form with added ... The midi file for each scale is linked from the page with the scale graphic. ...
www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/scales/musical-scales.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages"

Of course, you can also find many, many songs for free in the MIDI format, and the midi format files are only a few k-bytes long, since it's only numeric info, as said above.