Feb 27, 2017 | Blog, Double Bass Beginner’s Course, Lessons
I can never seem to remember all of the scale modes, so since teaching something seems to be the best way to learn I decided to create a musical scale modes chart to help drive this home.
Per Wikipedia, “The modern Western modes consist of seven scales related to the familiar major and minor keys.
Although the names of the modern modes are Greek and some have names used in ancient Greek theory for some of the harmoniai, the names of the modern modes are conventional and do not indicate a link between them and ancient Greek theory, and they do not present the sequences of intervals found even in the diatonic genus of the Greek octave species sharing the same name.
Modern Western modes use the same set of notes as the major scale, in the same order, but starting from one of its seven degrees in turn as a “tonic”, and so present a different sequence of whole and half steps. The interval sequence of the major scale being T-T-s-T-T-T-s, where “s” means a semitone (half step) and “T” means a whole tone (whole step), it is thus possible to generate the following scales:”
Musical Scale Modes Matrix
| Key | Ionian | Dorian | Phrygian | Lydian | Mixolydian | Aeolian | Locrian |
| C Major | C | D | E | F | G | A | B |
| G Major | G | A | B | C | D | E | F# |
| D Major | D | E | F# | G | A | B | C# |
| A Major | A | B | C# | D | E | F# | G# |
| E Major | E | F# | G# | A | B | C# | D# |
| B Major | B | C# | D# | E | F# | G# | A# |
| F Major | F | G | A | Bb | C | D | E |
| Bb Major | Bb | C | D | Eb | F | G | A |
| Eb Major | Eb | F | G | Ab | Bb | C | D |
| Ab Major | Ab | Bb | C | Db | Eb | F | G |
| Db Major | Db | Eb | F | Gb | Ab | Bb | C |
| Gb Major | Gb | Ab | Bb | Cb | Db | Eb | F |
Feb 17, 2017 | Blog, Double Bass Beginner’s Course
Watch The Video Lesson
This is lesson DB-15 Music Reading Basics, aka Real, Real, Basic Music Theory, and is a continuation of my journal of things I have learned as an adult double bass student.
See the video for a few pointers about the rudiments of reading music.
The illustration below shows how the various values of notes and rests discussed in the video relate to one another. If you want, click here to download the PDF.
Feb 12, 2017 | Blog
Today’s Old Testament Mass Reading
Sirach 15:15-20
If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you;
if you trust in God, you too shall live;
he has set before you fire and water
to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand.
Before man are life and death, good and evil,
whichever he chooses shall be given him.
Immense is the wisdom of the Lord;
he is mighty in power, and all-seeing.
The eyes of God are on those who fear him;
he understands man’s every deed.
No one does he command to act unjustly,
to none does he give license to sin.
Jan 1, 2017 | Blog, Health
I haven’t said much about this publicly in the past, but I have Chron’s/ulcerative colitis (UC) and it is great to see the therapy that basically saved my life get some validation and recognition. The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD).
What’s even better is that this recognition is coming from our very own Seattle Children’s Hospital!
Dr. David Suskind, a gastroenterologist at Seattle Children’s hospital, had been searching for a more appropriate and efficient solution for treating IBD that is free from chronic side effects. Recently, the researcher found a perfect way for treating IBD. His research, published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, reveals that it is possible to treat IBD by intake of a special diet, Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD).
When I discovered the SCD diet it was because of my own research because I was desperate for relief. I had been suffering for a year and a half and my doctors were at the point of recommending both surgery….colon resection…. and putting me on Humira, which in my opinion is a horrible medication. I knew I didn’t want to lose part of my intestines through surgery and I didn’t want to take a drug that could put me at risk of many adverse effects including tuberculosis. I tried the gluten free diet faithfully for six months and it made no difference at all in my symptoms. Besides that most GF foods taste like crap! I asked my gastroenterologist if what I was eating made any difference to my symptoms and he told me that food has no know effect upon Chron’s/UC! So, hating to take no for an answer, I eventually found the Specific Carbohydrate Diet and decided it I had nothing to lose. I began the diet in September 2009 and within only 30 days I was symptom free! My docs just looked at me with a blank look when I told them my story. But that’s okay, I don’t really care what they think. I do care about what works for me and my body and SCD works! Besides that it is a wholesome and healthy way to eat.
Here is a link to the full article about the Children’s Hospital research.
