The Aeolian Mode – mDecks Music
Published: 2022-08-10
cadential chords
characteristic tones
modal music
modal tonic
A practical guide to the Aeolian mode: its characteristic tones, chord functions, and how to write modal progressions using examples from Horizon Zero Dawn's theme.
This lesson explains the defining features of the Aeolian mode and how to preserve modal colors by avoiding tonal implications like dominant resolutions and tritone usage. It classifies diatonic chords into modal tonic, cadential, and non-cadential groups, shows preferred bass movement patterns, and highlights the flat-6 as the key characteristic tone. The video applies these ideas to analyze and recreate modal moments from Alloy's theme, including smart uses of borrowed chords and neighboring tones to reinforce Aeolian sonority.
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