Can some musicians help me?

[Hooie]

Hi, everybody. I'm taking a music history class on medieval music, and we have to write a paper on a song that engages with the past in some way. I chose to do The Odyssey.

Anyway, one of the subjects that the prompt mentions we could discuss is what modes the song uses. I only know a tiny amount of music theory (miniscule, actually), and I have no idea how I would figure this out. So, I was hoping that perhaps someone on here could help me out and point out where all the different modes are used in The Odyssey.

Thanks in advance!

 

[1by4by9]

I think The Odyssey has them all.

 

[Eternal Dragon]

lol, u've got to be joking, that would take ages. I could tell u what scales are used in most sections. Then you could just work out the modes based on 2 things and 2 things only.....what note the phrase starts on and ends on. Get the michael angelo video 'prog' for a pretty cool description of modes.

Offhand I think the champion of ithaca section is in d major...but that's all i remember without going through it.

 

[ToRuinAll05]

the odyssey does use a lot of modes but as I've noticed Sym X LOVES phrygian...If that helps...