Decent Song Examples of Modes ? (Dorian,Phrygian..etc)

[Baroque]

Can you tell by listening? That is impressive if you can.

I googled them, but confirmed by ear. Some of the recs people were giving in the search were wrong imo. The only one I'm not sure about is White Rabbit. I don't think it's pure Phrygian, maybe the intro/first verse, would have to look at the sheet music for that.

 

[The Ozzman]

Yeah I could probably figure it out using sheet music but that would be equally difficult for me

 

[kwokboy]

oh thanks for your contributions, Baroque!
good to see this thread going deeper.

checked all of them in #18 except dust to dust
weird, that video isn;t available, am i the only one having this problem ?

White Rabbit, Flying In A Blue Dream and Norwegian Wood have guitar-pro tabs in ultimate guitar, so i dont bother to transcribe them (aka confirming them by ears)
and here's my findings/comments.

whait rabbit (f# phrygian) is likely to be a mix, also it has a major tonic chord, kind of unusual for phrygian mode.

according to this sheet,
Greensleeves seems to be in minor key.
http://imslp.org/wiki/Greensleeves_(Peón,_Carlos)

the chord progression of Flying In A Blue Dream is... a series of lydian tonic chord in different keys, it looks rather an experimental piece.

Norwegian Wood is a bit interesting,
verse is in E mixolydian(although the melody line "f# a g# e {lyrics: or should i say}" reminds me of A major)
then it shifts to E dorian
it is a pity that the mixolydian accompaniment is way too simple(keeps looping E chord)



i have found a medieval harp song called "Las je ne puis plus nullement durer"
and it is in D dorian without any chromatic notes(confirmed by ears)
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDH55274
(track 3, click the 8th-note icon)
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edit:
score in page 2
and i was wrong, there is a chromatic leading note C#.
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[kwokboy]

That wasn't a fucking joke. How dare you.

hey why so serious

 

[Baroque]

whait rabbit (f# phrygian) is likely to be a mix, also it has a major tonic chord, kind of unusual for phrygian mode.

according to this sheet,
Greensleeves seems to be in minor key.
http://imslp.org/wiki/Greensleeves_(Peón,_Carlos)

the chord progression of Flying In A Blue Dream is... a series of lydian tonic chord in different keys, it looks rather a experimental piece.

Norwegian Wood is a bit interesting,
verse is in E mixolydian(although the melody line "f# a g# e {lyrics: or should i say}" reminds me of A major)
then it shifts to E dorian
it is a pity that the mixolydian accompaniment is way too simple(keeps looping E chord)

Nice to confirm my ears were correct about White Rabbit. That sounds more like Phrygian Dominant, which is the 5th mode of harmonic minor.

I also saw people saying the Simpsons theme was in Lydian, but it's really Lydian Dominant. Oh well.

There are two versions of Greensleeves. The original in Dorian mode, and the more modern version in minor. I know, I've played both on guitar. I specifically searched for the Dorian version.

Yeah I knew Norwegian Wood changed keys as well. But it is clearly Mixolydian in parts. Mixolydian is used fairly often in jazz/blues but since you said you don't like jazz I tried to find a pop song.

I would search for that Dust to Dust song. It actually clearly sounds like Locrian with almost no deviation throughout to me. That guy did a bang up job.

 

[unknown]

Why did OP leave out Depeche?

asking the tough questions. Actually made me

 

[kwokboy]

Nice to confirm my ears were correct about White Rabbit. That sounds more like Phrygian Dominant, which is the 5th mode of harmonic minor.

I also saw people saying the Simpsons theme was in Lydian, but it's really Lydian Dominant. Oh well.

There are two versions of Greensleeves. The original in Dorian mode, and the more modern version in minor. I know, I've played both on guitar. I specifically searched for the Dorian version.

Yeah I knew Norwegian Wood changed keys as well. But it is clearly Mixolydian in parts. Mixolydian is used fairly often in jazz/blues but since you said you don't like jazz I tried to find a pop song.

I would search for that Dust to Dust song. It actually clearly sounds like Locrian with almost no deviation throughout to me. That guy did a bang up job.

um..i dont think that is a real Phrygian Dominant, likely to be a picardy-third (since both raised / non-raised third can be found in the verse)

oh great, one more to go, i will check that theme later.

do you mean this version?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensleeves#/media/File:Greensleeves.gif

yea, sure jazz isn't my thing, but still acceptable anyway.

i have got 30s of dust to dust in Amazon, it sounds kind of dark which is good. but i afraid 30s isn;t enough to confirm the mode.

btw, i have just transcribed 'Las je ne puis plus nullement durer'
here is the score
(i pretty sure the melody is 99.9% correct except that i dont bother to label any Ritardando/chords)

http://postimg.org/image/p79660udz/

edit:
tab:
http://postimg.org/image/nx5he2eoj/

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

What do you call the Locrian scale with a sharpened third? All I can find is the Major Locrian scale, which sharpens both the second and third degrees. The reason I ask is that I've toyed around a bit with the former scale.

 

[kwokboy]

What do you call the Locrian scale with a sharpened third? All I can find is the Major Locrian scale, which sharpens both the second and third degrees. The reason I ask is that I've toyed around a bit with the former scale.

regarding the sharpened 3rd, it hardly be used exclusively, usually coexist with the normal 3rd.
in this case, IMO just see it as a picardy-third/chromatic tone, no need to bother with the scale name.

otherwise, neapolitan minor is probably the answer