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208 | Rick Beato on the Theory of Popular Music
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
What Are the Major Scales in Pop Music?
There are certain modes that are commonly used in pop music. Mixolydian mode would be a major scale, but with a flat in seventh. And the lidian scale is another mode that's very common in rock music. The first part on Don't Stand So Close to Me and every little thing she does is magic by the police are both examples of melodies that are lidian melodies.
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