dorian:

characteristic pitch: 6

tonic chords: I-, I-7

cadence chords: II-, II-7, IV, IV7, bVIImaj7

avoid chords: VIdim, VI-7(b5)

avoid cadence: I-7 | IV7 | bVIImaj7

phrygian:

characteristic pitch: b2

tonic chords: I-, I-7

cadence chords: bII, bIImaj7, bVII-, bVII-7, bIII7/b7

avoid chords: Vdim, V-7(b5)

avoid cadence: bVII-7 | bIII7 | bVImaj7

lydian:

characteristic pitch: #4

tonic chords: I, Imaj7

cadence chords: II, II7, Vmaj7, VII-, VII-7

avoid chords: #IVdim, #IV-7(b5)

avoid cadence: VI-7 | II7 | Vmaj7

mixolydian:

characteristic pitch: b7

tonic chords: I, I7

cadence chords: V-, V-7, bVII, bVIImaj7

avoid chords: IIIdim, III-7(b5)

avoid cadence: V-7 | I7 | IVmaj7

aeolian:

characteristic pitch: b6

tonic chords: I-, I-7

cadence chords: IV-, IV-7, bVI, bVImaj7, bVII7

avoid chords: IIdim, II-7(b5)

and we don’t know exactly what jesus looked like, but here’s an artistic reconstruction of an average 20-something male from his ethnic group at the time

1. On a scale from Schoenburg to Bach, how atonal is your music?

Probably close to Bach tbh, I try to avoid atonality but will dabble in it occasionally.

2. Favorite mode to write in?

Aeolian

3. Favorite time signature to write in?

Don’t hate me but 5/4 lol

9. Thoughts on borrowing stealing the ideas of other composers?

Mixed in general. I think it’s fine to like a style and imitate it (I’ve done something similar with the Interstellar and Stranger Things soundtracks), but there are some compositions that I’ve heard that have melodies that are too similar for comfort. For example, listen the the Planets Suite by Holst and the listen to some John Williams.

20. Are you currently working on anything?

So this is Dvorak (you really only need the first few seconds)

And this is the “Jaws” theme written by (guess who) John Williams

Heard some important information on Twitter today, and thought I’d post it here for anyone who may not have heard it. This is actually a thing, devised by human rights organisation called Karma Nirvana.

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