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=== Modes with flat tritone === | === Modes with flat tritone === | ||
The darker modes could be used to distort diatonic tropes that start from the tonic and work downwards (because the melodically squashed fifth from the tonic downwards is the flatter 5th degree, the minor tritone), while the brighter modes such as Dylathian and Celephaisian play on upwards-moving diatonic tropes, with the sharper 5th degree functioning as a melodic fifth when moving from the tonic up. For example: | The darker modes could be used to distort diatonic tropes that start from the tonic and work downwards (because the melodically squashed fifth from the tonic downwards is the flatter 5th degree, the minor tritone), while the brighter modes such as Dylathian and Celephaisian play on upwards-moving diatonic tropes, with the sharper 5th degree functioning as a melodic fifth when moving from the tonic up. For example: | ||
*Kadathian (SLLSLLSL) | *Mnarian (LSLSLLSL) and Kadathian (SLLSLLSL) are like downwards Mixolydian | ||
*Hlanithian (SLLSLSLL) is like downwards melodic major (the 4th degree sounds like a major third; it's actually a minor fourth.) | *Hlanithian (SLLSLSLL) is like downwards melodic major (the 4th degree sounds like a major third; it's actually a minor fourth.) | ||
*Sarnathian (SLSLLSLL) is like downwards melodic minor (When starting from the octave above, the 4th degree sounds like a minor third; it's actually a diminished fourth.) | *Sarnathian (SLSLLSLL) is like downwards melodic minor (When starting from the octave above, the 4th degree sounds like a minor third; it's actually a diminished fourth.) | ||