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 on 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: