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At long last, the seventh and final (?) episode of Riffing With Modes. I did not anticipate this series to take so long, as I expected to make most of the videos short little efficient lessons with quick-tips on riff writing. Instead I took this series as a personal excuse to write music to my heartâs content- starting from Rush style rock riffs in Major, to Dad Rock Dorian. Then crushing Phrygian morse code metal, followed by progressive Lydian vibes. An entire 80s rock single and music video for Mixolydian, and 3 different mini-songs for Minor.
And now, Locrian. I wonât lie- the mode hath bested me. I began writing this song in SEPTEMBER 2020 and itâs now January 2021. The music was done surprisingly early, but the video had many hurdles to overcome and technical screw-ups that I had to pay the temporal price for. But the battle is over, the dragon is slain, and here lies Locrian madness in all of its glory.
Hopefully by watching this video, youâll see that you can make interesting and moving music even without the harmonic tools like âgood notesâ and âgood chordsâ and âgood melodiesâ. This entire piece is influenced from random algorithmically generated sequences, and still maintains a sense of groove at times, only to be fractured at others. I hope you find the piece interesting even if it isnât your cup of tea, and more importantly, I hope you discover some useful songwriting, production, or arrangement techniques that can help you in your music making.
IMPORTANT LINKS BELOW!
Byzantine Pi Math Metal -    â˘Â Random Math Metal Riff Generation usi... Â
âAdoreâ-Faustas Udrenas (Produced by me!) -    â˘Â adore // faustas udrenas Â
Numberphile â Pascalâs Triangle -    â˘Â Pascal's Triangle - Numberphile Â
David Bennet Piano- A Song In Locrian -    â˘Â A Song That Actually Uses Locrian Â
Adam Neely (and friends) â Making Locrian Sound Good -    â˘Â Making the LOCRIAN scale sound GOOD? ... Â
Pascal's Triangle Code : pastebin.com/w71ZePzU - Note that neither me nor Faustas are actual software engineers, so there is a LOT of room for improvement on this simple + quickly written program. I'd welcome someone to modify the code to allow for bigger triangles (currently an integer overflow error prevents inputs over 34) and also size/space the triangle better, or even enable midi-output/ sound! If you decide to improve on this let me know so I can repost the link here and share it with everyone else.
ADDITIONAL Pascal's Triangle code from a friend! pastebin.com/v39uhxpG
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00- Why Locrian is Clumsy
02:07- Locrian Inspiration + Pascal's Triangle
05:07- Turning Chaos Into Groove
06:55- Arranging a random motif
09:11- Writing a Locrian Melody
12:38- MUSIC VIDEO: "Pascal's Prison"
15:50- Closing Thoughts
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Date of upload: Feb 1, 2021 ^^
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I've always been told I was useless... Even then, why must you hurt me in such ways, Jake??
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I think music in Locrian would sound nice in game soundtracks or something when you are trying to Ńomplete a difficult level with the main battle and this music create so much tension and does not let you relax for a second
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What jumps out to me is that once you've adjusted, the whole composition feels "tense" but the tonic doesn't feel unresolved anymore. Then those major G/F chords suddenly feel simultaneously very familiar but also unresolved... It's like acclimatizing to an alien place to a point where you feel estranged from daily life -- like finding yourself inebriated and dancing madly at a nightclub at 4AM, and then suddenly you notice that your sober parents are present and waving you to come over. It has a little bit of a trippy vibe, with some implicit thrill, darkness, shamefulness or guilt lurking inside of it.
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Dude, I legitimately love this song. It's like a quasi-accessible prog lol. It definitely speaks more to your skills as a composer than the quality of locrian
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Most music youtubers call Locrian the "odd man out" and ditch it. You not only tackle it, but make good music with it. Congratulations, Jake.
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"Pascal's Prison" is definitely a beautiful song
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That turned out to be a surprisingly enjoyable piece of music. Love how the G-F change feels like a ray of sunlight briefly breaking through the gloom.
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Impressive. I play Doom metal and it's common enough to dip into Locrian for 4-8 bars for some disturbing effect, but sustaining it for a whole composition takes some real savvy. Kudos.
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Moral of the video: "You can't write catchy stuff in locrian." The video ends and that Pascal melody keeps playing in my head. Jake, what have you done? :D
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I don't know why but in general i don't agree with the popular opinion that half diminished chords sound tense and uncomfortable. I find their sound strangely captivating and beautiful. When that F resolved back to the B half diminished i was mesmerized. I love this sound!
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Pascal's prison is an indie developer's demonic puzzle box level theme. That's badass Jake.
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That 3/4 version sounds perfect for a Zelda temple soundtrack.
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This sounds amazing. The whole time it feels like I just want to come up for air to see some sunshine. That G and F almost put it in reach, only to take it away. Also, +1 to your friend for writing the code in C++.
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i actually dig it. it sounds like the soundtrack to a challenging secret level in a video game. good job!
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IDK, I think it's really useful in a lot of non-mainstream music, like metal for example. It's often the goal of metal to make you feel uncomfortable and disturbed. It's really useful if you make a soundtrack to something uneasy, like The Binding of Isaac or something.
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my new favorite chord progression: G, F, B HALF DIMINISHED
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I really really would like you as a guest in Next Adam Neely's "composing with scales challenge"
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It makes most sense to me thinking of locrian in terms of brightness as the darkest of the modes. Just like you go for phrygian when you want to be darker and edgier than minor, you go for locrian when you want to be even darker than phrygian. Minor feels more personal to me, like being in solitude or experiencing a sad moment. Where as Phrygian feels like an exotic adventure or an intense sadness or anger. And Locrian seems dark in the way of like what happens in a secret cave or the workings of fungus under the soil, a seething idea in the unconscious of society or something alien, from another planet/dimension/reality. I think it's cool I think I hear it in bands like rush and a perfect circle and deftones and always wondered what makes that ultimately dark mystical kind of sound... turns out it's locrian and it's a bummer to hear people don't use it that often. Seems like it would be cool as part of a story telling element in the music rather than trying to make the whole song in locrian but that sounds cool for dark mystical heavy riffs so it's nice too. Think people just say what they have heard before. Locrian isn't useless, just gone under the radar like mushrooms and aliens and Bigfoot haha
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It absolutely feels like a satisfying resolution to me. This proves you don't need a perfect fifth.
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@TheArtofGuitar
3 years ago
Are you trying to conjure interdimensional aliens my guitar brother? Cause this is how you do that! haha
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