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An Alternative Disposition of the 4 Strong Modes






Dm7-5


G7


C(m)


Fm6


Bm-6-5

The previous disposition was oriented toward the generation of the modes,
all in the same (natural)Window,
with the 2 major modes together top-right and the 2 minor modes together bottom-left,
and with the 2 diatonic modes together top-left and the 2 chromatic modes together bottom-right,
the modes of the same direction being isolated in opposite corners.

This disposition will, on the contrary, be oriented toward the direction of the modes,
in 2 different Windows (natural and 3 flats),
around a centralTONIC chordwhich may be either major or minor,C(m),
with the 2flatteningmodes together above and the 2 sharpening modes together below,
and with the addition of theANTE-1at each end,
the two best known modes sharing the same DOMINANT and the same ANTE-1.

The2 Leading Tonesof the TONICFRAME, placed a minor second on either side,BandAb,
will be present above and below, in the DOMINANT and in the ANTE-1 chords.
They will be alternately diatonic and chromatic depending on the Window involved,
and the DOMINANT of one side will have aMetamorphosis 4relationship
with the ANTE-1 of the other side,
consisting of exactly the same notes, with inversion of thePrimary and Secondary Notes.

TheDm7-5 chord deserves special attention if compared to theD7 , aVofV,
whoseF#is a Leading Tone of theGD FRAME, and not of theCG FRAME, as is theAb.

The Two Leading Tones
1. The Diatonic Major Mode
2. The Diatonic Minor Mode
3. The Chromatic Major Mode
4. The Chromatic Minor Mode
5. Adjacent Chromatic Modes
6. A melodic Example


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