Smaller And Smaller by Faith No More
- I believe it's in Phrygian Major (aka Spanish Gypsy). Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
I'll have to check that one out.
Here's a list of what I've got so far. Basically I'm trying to compile songs that don't deviate from the mode but it's gonna happen anyway in so many cases. Generally so many songs go between the relative major and minor e.g. Verse in Major (Ionian), Chorus in Relative minor (Aeolian), plus there's modulations, key changes etc. Like I said in a previous post "I guess that sometimes the worst thing you can do as a composer is to try confine your ideas to one thing..."
There are also heaps of other melodies that I'm playing day in and day out that will be either Major or Minor but don't use those
special notes that define them as a particular mode. Some of the songs in the list below I have checked out (both the melody and chords) and some of them I still haven't but these look like pretty good examples of melodies in specific modes that I can transcribe. Obviously this list will be expanding.
Ionian:
1.) Let It Be The Beatles
2.) Goodbye to Romance Ozzy Osbourne
*Although theyre not exactly the most chirpy examples
3.) Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring J.S. Bach
4.) Always With Me, Always With You Joe Satriani
5.) Ode To Joy Beethoven
Dorian:
1.) So What Miles Davis
2.) Dear Old Stockholm - Miles Davis
3.) Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 J.S. Bach
4.) Scarborough Fair - Simon and Garfunkel
5.) Surfing With The Alien Joe Satriani
Phrygian:
1.) Mr. Man Alicia Keys
2.) White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane
3.) Dr. Who Theme
Lydian:
1.) Simpsons Theme (this may be Lydian Dominant but Ill have to check)
2.) Flying In A Blue Dream Joe Satriani
3.) Together Alone Crowded House
4.) Oceans Pearl Jam
5.) E.T. Theme John Williams
6.) Here Comes My Girl - Tom Petty
7.) When We Dance When We Dance
8.) Hog Heaven Frank Zappa
Mixolydian:
1.) Norwegian Wood The Beatles
2.) The Trees Rush
3.) Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Aeolian:
1.) Black Orpheus Luiz Bonfa
2.) I Kissed A Girl Katy Perry
3.) Crazy Train (Chorus, Verse is in Relative Major [Ionian]) Ozzy Osbourne
4.) Blue Bossa Kenny Dorham (also modulates up a semi-tone to Ionian scale)