Does anyone write in modes?

[MaestroX]

Originally Posted by Thorolf

As I said, it’s a whole other mindset

This is particullary true when analysing early renaissance music as its a totally different mindset and very hard to understand the harmonic structure of the pieces. Another thing that ties in here is also the different handling of consonance and dissonance. Such as the use of the consonant 4th which had to be prepared before use.

[Shiva]

@Bassoonery

Thanks! I'm just getting to grips with these and i've been experimenting with them but I'm having trouble finding a use for them, but I suppose its not going to happen overnight.

Has anyone composed any period modal pieces, trying to replicate exactly how they were used in the Renaissance period?

[fundrazor]

Modes can be used in almost any style, often with interesting results. They certainly don't have to sound old. Here is a modal blues for big band.

[Boneman]

Has anyone created a new mode recently?

[michael renardy]

Here is a score of a piece I wrote a couple of years ago. The variations use all seven modes of the major scale.

[Boneman]

As there are 12 notes in the chromatic octave surely there could be that many modes?

[Ron Ofir]

No, as they all have the same pattern (H, H, H, H....)

[MaestroX]

Has anyone created a new mode recently?

Well the definition of a "mode" is "an ordered series of musical intervals" so therefore picking any random series of intervals that make an octave can be called a mode.

As there are 12 notes in the chromatic octave surely there could be that many modes?

The "church modes" used in Renaissance and Baroque times could be transposed to start on different notes, therefore there was no need to make any more modes as existing ones could be transposed onto any other pitch.