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  2. Lydian mode - Wikipedia

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    A rare, extended use of the Lydian mode in the Classical repertoire is Simon Sechter's 1822 Messe in der lydischen Tonart (Mass in the Lydian Mode). [5] A more famous example from around the same time is the third movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 (1825), titled by the composer "Heiliger Dankgesang ...

  3. Mode (music) - Wikipedia

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    The concept of "mode" in Western music theory has three successive stages: in Gregorian chant theory, in Renaissance polyphonic theory, and in tonal harmonic music of the common practice period. In all three contexts, "mode" incorporates the idea of the diatonic scale , but differs from it by also involving an element of melody type .

  4. List of most-viewed YouTube videos - Wikipedia

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    Since Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" in 2009, every video that has reached the top of the "most-viewed YouTube videos" list has been a music video. In November 2005, a Nike advertisement featuring Brazilian football player Ronaldinho became the first video to reach 1,000,000 views. [1] The billion-view mark was first passed by Gangnam Style in ...

  5. L'isle joyeuse - Wikipedia

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    This changes to an A Lydian context which, in bars 15–21, transitions, through the addition of G natural, to the whole tone context of a new motive at bar 21. This A Lydian context serves to transition from the whole tone mode on A to the A major context, inflected by occasional Lydian D ♯ s, of the second theme at bar 67.

  6. Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization - Wikipedia

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    Lydian mode on C Play ⓘ. Thirteenth chord constructed from notes of the Lydian mode. Play ⓘ Russell's original six Lydian scales [1] The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization is a 1953 jazz music theory book written by George Russell. The book is the founding text of the Lydian Chromatic Concept (LCC), or Lydian Chromatic Theory (LCT).

  7. Lydian chord - Wikipedia

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    Lydian chords may function as subdominants or substitutes for the tonic in major keys. [3] The compound interval of the augmented eleventh (enharmonically equivalent to ♯ 4, the characteristic interval of the Lydian mode) is used since the simple fourth usually only appears in suspended chords (which replace the third with a natural fourth, for example C sus4).

  8. Maria (West Side Story song) - Wikipedia

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    The song is widely known for its use of the melodic interval of a tritone in the main theme. This is also a major motif throughout the other songs in the musical. The song is an example of the use of Lydian mode, which is the same as the major scale but with an augmented fourth.

  9. Rhapsody No. 1 (Bartók) - Wikipedia

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    It is in the Lydian mode, first occurring on G, with a drone-like accompaniment in the piano part. When it returns in the third section, it is transposed to C. [ 7 ] The contrasting, middle section of the movement is a mournful one, characterized by short-long figurations.