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Author:  helmer Hurtado Posted:  10/30/08; 10:00:04 PM Msg#:  5541 (top msg in thread) Prev/Next:  5540/5542 Reads:  331

1-What means MODAL for you?

2-What is MODAL JAZZ for you? Do you believe is a relative concept or do you believe exists a complete modal jazz?

3-How many kinds of Modal jazz styles exists?

4-How (in your words) does the ear to identify the difference between the modal and tonal? What is the difference to an EAR wich don't know the academic concepts?

5-How does an inexpert ear to identify between a COMPLETE MODAL SONG and a song wich is just using

substitutions or

altered notes on basic chord progressions or

harmonic superpositions(to get color)?

...How does to identify that an expert musician by ear?

OK, I INVITE YOU WHATEVER BE YOUR SKILLS AND MUSICAL LEVEL PLEASE WRITE THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE, BE HONEST IN YOUR ANSWERS AND LET'S SHARE INFO AND THOUGHT.

EXCUSE MY ENGLISH IT'S NOT MY NATURE LANGUAGE.

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