Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago

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A mnemonic for modes that Mary Arlin showed me this summer at the first music theory pedagogy conference.

Previous videos about modes:

"How to hear modes"
youtube.com/watch?v=3nCvZ17skAs

"Modes with Terence Hansen"
youtube.com/watch?v=88BAKJHXWHs

"Ms. Mixolydian and Dorian go drinking"
youtube.com/watch?v=eIds3-hXtzw

"The Phrygian Song"
youtube.com/watch?v=AVaElCbANEE

"The Locrian Song"
youtube.com/watch?v=es0Zkur1pcM

And, lastly, a really old video, that's probably less useful, playing each mode and talking about it, including mnemonics for how to spell them: youtube.com/watch?v=vU_Dl4ewFxc