Re: Yet Another Key Question

Jim Carr wrote:
Steve Freides wrote:

js has got this one right. To say "I never found much use for modes" just means you're not concerned with what makes the thing tick. That's OK if all you're trying to figure out is how to play it and not understand it from a theory point of view, but there's a difference between G major and A dorian, just like there's a difference between C major and D dorian even though they're both all white keys on the piano.

This I would love to have explained. What *is* the difference?

For D dorian, D is the tonal center, even though you're in
the key signature of C.

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Les Cargill
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