tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743662393406070153.post5500817811479071228..comments2024-02-29T20:03:36.439+00:00Comments on dustysevens: modal mondayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743662393406070153.post-30294787638775306302012-10-23T20:50:11.878+01:002012-10-23T20:50:11.878+01:00*waves to davy*
see you at 99p Soul*waves to davy*<br />see you at 99p Soulspudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743662393406070153.post-91259105706832569212012-10-23T17:44:20.267+01:002012-10-23T17:44:20.267+01:00A lot of traditional 'non-western' music ...A lot of traditional 'non-western' music is also 'modal'. So there was a political (and spiritual) dimension to all this too, for some musicians.<br /><br />Hugs to Prof spud and thanks, I'm here all week. davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743662393406070153.post-17319976606406427982012-10-23T15:28:33.140+01:002012-10-23T15:28:33.140+01:00Aha. Thank you spud. Very nicely explained. And...Aha. Thank you spud. Very nicely explained. And, yup, "sort of moody and hypnotic" is very much the bag I'm in. Yr Heartouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069476478838746714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743662393406070153.post-85664376100755882302012-10-23T14:09:59.206+01:002012-10-23T14:09:59.206+01:00@Yr Heartout - You know what a scale is? Do-re-me-...@Yr Heartout - You know what a scale is? Do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do? Imagine taking a note or two out of that like, I don't know, me and la. Now you've got a mode. And jazz that uses modes is modal.<br /><br />A lot of jazz is about playing across changing chords and, often, players will be showing off how nippily they can take the corners on the key changes. <br /><br />Modal jazz tunes,on the other hand, tend to pick a mode and stick with it so it's a different challenge: how much can you get out this little set of notes and how long can you keep it interesting for?<br /><br />Major scales sound happy, minor scales sound sad, modes sound...different. Sort of moody and hypnotic if you like that sort of thing. And I do.spudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743662393406070153.post-64124708880135224772012-10-22T20:30:35.036+01:002012-10-22T20:30:35.036+01:00Modal. Now there's a word. I always nod wisel...Modal. Now there's a word. I always nod wisely when people refer to modal jazz (makes me think of Patrick Forge saying that), but I never really have the foggiest what it actually means. Not that it matters.Yr Heartouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069476478838746714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743662393406070153.post-40173139918152357872012-10-22T18:35:37.446+01:002012-10-22T18:35:37.446+01:00I wondered whether that was supposed to be some so...I wondered whether that was supposed to be some sound-system style rewind! <br /><br />Forgotten how good this tune was. Haven't got any Duke Pearson. Got other people doing his tunes - Bobby Hutcherson, Grant Green &c - but nothing by him. Clearly an oversight.spudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743662393406070153.post-66704422874819784802012-10-22T16:46:19.751+01:002012-10-22T16:46:19.751+01:00it's a proper sporit lifter isn't. all the...it's a proper sporit lifter isn't. all the way. and curse my shoddy record recording skills...<br />xally.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00785337830247364400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743662393406070153.post-89567191379732968592012-10-22T14:27:10.675+01:002012-10-22T14:27:10.675+01:00PS: I am gonna haveta get this here recurdPS: I am gonna haveta get this here recurddavyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743662393406070153.post-37499284027293727512012-10-22T14:25:18.163+01:002012-10-22T14:25:18.163+01:00I was just sitting here thinking how I needed some...I was just sitting here thinking how I needed something to cut through the relentless gloom and this is it baby, this is it.<br /><br />(You have a weird false start on this btw, though that is not without its own Peelesque 'wrong speed' charm) xdavyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.com