Lydian Dominant Mode
Improvisations on the piano using the Lydian Dominant mode. Learn more about the Lydian Dominant mode, which notes it uses, and how it sounds by listening to my videos and clicking through to linked music theory articles.
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Hazel Tree — Improvisation in D Phrygian Dominant, G Minor, E♭ Lydian Dominant & F Dorian
For this improvised piece of music, I chose the title Hazel Tree because the symbolism and mythology of the hazel… Read More
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The Purkinje Sunken Garden — Improvisation in F Minor, B♭ Lydian Dominant, F Phrygian & E♭ Dorian
Cosmos, Earth & Subterranea Part III When playing this improvised piece of music, I was inspired by imagery of the… Read More
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Lydian Gravitational Wave — Improvisation in D Lydian Dominant, B Dorian, B Lydian & C♯ Dorian
Cosmos, Earth & Subterranea Part I The title of this improvised piece of music came about because I was inspired… Read More
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The Morrígan’s Loom — Improvisation in G Dorian ♯4, G Dorian ♭2 & B♭ Lydian Dominant
For this improvisation I chose the title The Morrígan’s Loom, because its very fast polyrhythms and dark modal colours with… Read More
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The Whitethorn Limen — Improvisation in A Dorian, G♯ Aeolian, A Minor & Dorian ♭2, B♭ Lydian Dominant
Piano improvisation moving through A Dorian, C Lydian, E Aeolian, E Lydian, G♯ Aeolian, A minor, A Dorian ♭2, and… Read More
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Doloroso e Inquieto — Improvisation in F♯ Aeolian & A Lydian Dominant
For this improvisation I was after a sound that conveyed sorrow, loss, bittersweetness, agitation and surreality and so I ended… Read More
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Through Line – Improvisation in C Dorian, C Mixolydian ♭6, and C Lydian Dominant
Through Line – Modal Piano Improvisation Improvisation has become, for me, a way of expressing things that words can’t quite… Read More
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Through the Prism: C Minor and the Neapolitan 6th — Improvisation
Improvisation Exploring Multiple Modes Around a Single Tonal Centre with a Neapolitan 6th Leitmotif Scroll down to find video below,… Read More
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Between Light and Shadow: An Improvisation in A Dorian, C Lydian Dominant, and A Phrygian
Today’s improvisation is another spontaneous experiment, working with the sounds I had in my head in the moment; this time… Read More
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Shades of Dorian – Improvisation in C Dorian and C Lydian Dominant
Today’s improvisation is a spontaneous and very simple experiment in C Dorian, with just a brief shimmer of C Lydian… Read More
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