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Song Parodies -> "I’m In the Mode That Runs"
Original Song Title:
"I'm in the Mood for Love"
Original Performer:
Bing Crosby
Parody Song Title:
"I’m In the Mode That Runs"
Parody Written by:
John A. Barry
The Lyrics
In music, the altered Phrygian scale or Freygish scale (also spelled Fraigish) featuring an unusual key signature and a distinctive augmented second interval, is the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, the fifth being the dominant. Also called the Phrygian dominant scale, harmonic minor perfect fifth below, dominant flat 2 flat 6 (in jazz), or simply the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, it's constructed by raising the third of the Phrygian mode and occurs commonly in Jewish, Greek, Turkish, Arab, and Flamenco music.
I’m in the mode that runs
From E all the way to E,[1]
Played on the white keys strictly—
I’m in that modal run.
Seven notes, low to high
It resides one mode under
Lydian[2]. . .heard in thunder
Of those Flamenco runs.[3]
It sits atop Dorian,
Which D to D is made,
And its name is Phrygian;
It is just one of seven[4] played.
But if the G is jumped
Up a half step,[5] prominent
Will be a sound dominant—
The root minor is trumped.[6]
[1] E-F-G-A-B-C-D-E.
[2] F-G-A-B-C-D-E-F
[3] The Flamenco key signature is the same as that of the Phrygian mode, with the raised third being written in as necessary with accidentals.
[4] Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian
[5] E-F-G#-A-B-C-D-E
[6] The E minor triad in Phrygian become E major in Phrygian Dominant
From E all the way to E,[1]
Played on the white keys strictly—
I’m in that modal run.
Seven notes, low to high
It resides one mode under
Lydian[2]. . .heard in thunder
Of those Flamenco runs.[3]
It sits atop Dorian,
Which D to D is made,
And its name is Phrygian;
It is just one of seven[4] played.
But if the G is jumped
Up a half step,[5] prominent
Will be a sound dominant—
The root minor is trumped.[6]
[1] E-F-G-A-B-C-D-E.
[2] F-G-A-B-C-D-E-F
[3] The Flamenco key signature is the same as that of the Phrygian mode, with the raised third being written in as necessary with accidentals.
[4] Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian
[5] E-F-G#-A-B-C-D-E
[6] The E minor triad in Phrygian become E major in Phrygian Dominant
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