Hey everyone!
I have a music theory question which maybe simple for many of you but it is continuing to puzzle me the more I read about it.
If you have seen the scales tutorial on music theory you obviously know that there is certain modes to each scale that make the sound more pleasurable in certain genres.
my question is how would I go about constructing a chord progression/pattern in these modes.
for example in our major scale we have
notes C D E F G A B
Chords M m m M M d M
m-minor chord
M-major chord
so how would I find the chord pattern for lets say Phrygian mode?
my understanding so far has been that that the Phrygian mode itself also has a minor and major version and depending on which one is being used we go back to the original chord construction pattern of that version. Am I correct?
I would certainly appreciate your replies and information as I am desperate to find how I can construct my chords theoretically proper in each mode
Think of steps in triads,
for your major triad you use the root note, major third and perfect 5th(C, E, G)
for your minor you use: the root, minor third and perfect fifth (C, Eb, G)
for your diminished you use the root, lowered third and fifth (C, Eb, Gb)
and for your augmented you would use:the root, major third, augmented fifth(C, E, G#)
think of this way so you can count the steps and figure out if its minor or major chord, or diminished; augmented doesn’t happen normally.
I am not great in music theory but I hope I can clear some things for you.
Look at the notes from the Phrygian Scale, then build the chords from each degree of the scale, then you harmonise the scale into chords. Each Chord, 1st 3rd and 5th from that starting note. The major and minor chords will be determined by the intervals of the scale and which point you start on.
Probably look into it a bit on google, as I might have explained it terribly, but you need to harmonise it into chords.