Video Game Music No.3 – mDecks Music
Published: 2024-07-23
dorian
lydian
modal interchange
upper structures
Explore upper-structure approaches for writing video-game-style themes using Dorian, Lydian, pentatonic add9 voicings and modal interchange.
This lesson demonstrates practical upper-structure tools to craft cinematic video-game themes: Dorian minor7(add9) on the fifth, minor pentatonic(add9) for Lydian colors, and subtle modal interchange examples. Ariel & Adam walk through how to voice accompaniments, emphasize characteristic tones (like the natural 6 in Dorian and #4 in Lydian), and use the ninth as a key color tone. Clear musical examples show how to apply these devices in melodies and progressions so you can recreate the same moods and textures in your own compositions.
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