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motherlode wrote: I hope you understand that ALL melodies are LCC melodies...but not all LCC melodies are LYDIAN melodies.

Of course. I just happened to be interested in namely Lydian melodies.

So, any more examples - anyone?

Thanks, chespernevins, for a great post!

This is just what I needed. In my opinion the new edition of the book is rather hard to understand largely because it lacks simple examples/ explanations like these...

>This is something that is not really in Vol. 1 (If I'm remembering >correctly), but was in the older books.

Could someone please expand on this? I really feel like having seen only half the picture after reading the new Volume One...

I am interested in examples of Lydian melodies and chords. "The Simpsons" theme song is one example of a Lydian melody. c2 e2 f#2 a2 g2 e2 c2 a1 f#1 g1. The chords in the A section of "A Man and a Woman" sound very Lydian to me: ( in C) Cmaj7 - B7 - Bbmaj7 - Em7 - A7 - Dmaj7. The...

In LCC, there is extensive talk about the "pull" a fifth downwards: D -> G -> C. Is it for the same reason that this is the strongest root progression, for example a II-V-I: Dm7 - G7 - Cmaj7?

Does anybody know how Volume 2 is coming along? After reading Volume 1 I feel like having seen only half the picture?