What is modal mixture

Modal mixture (or borrowing) is the harmonic technique of mixing the notes from the parallel major and natural-minor modes (e.g., C major and C minor). This results in changing the chord qualities and/or melodic “color” to achieve expressive effects not available in the main scale itself.

1. What is mixture in music?
2. What scale degrees are most often subject to modal mixtures?
3. What is a modal shift in music?

What is mixture in music?

A borrowed chord (also called mode mixture, modal mixture, substituted chord, modal interchange, or mutation) is a chord borrowed from the parallel key (minor or major scale with the same tonic).

What scale degrees are most often subject to modal mixtures?

The lowered 6th scale degree is the most commonly used note in mode mixture.

What is a modal shift in music?

The evolution of melodic music in India can be attributed to the principles of modal shift of tonic, also known as Graha Bedha in Indian music. ... The principles of modal shift of tonic when applied to these 72 scales yield different derived scales excluding some notes, or using the notes in a convoluted fashion.