I've been requested multiple times to start up some sort of instructional video series on music theory for people who already know the basics and want to move beyond what they get taught in school; hopefully you'll be able to find something that interests you.
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An Improvised Meditation
The following video is an improvisation on a melody used in a set of Hebrew blessings I wrote this semester. It's based off of the fourth melodic minor mode, known by plenty of names but most consistently as Aeolian Dominant. This scale is built by taking the traditional minor scale and raising the third, effectively making it major. The name comes from the fact that the mode in its natural form has a major third, perfect fifth, and dominant seven and is derived from the natural minor mode. It has a distinctly mediterranean sound, and when played slowly, can be quite meditative. Check it out:
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