Just last night I finished Eric Nisenson's 'Round About Midnight ... Throughout the whole book I kept thinking how much it makes sense that Joni would be a fan. They're a lot alike.
This morning checking my mail I saw the mail about Miles (really summed things up nicely, by the way) and couldn't help thinking about the coincidence. So I'll take it as a sign to ask a question that I didn't quite know where I'd get the answer to since I didn't know where to begin. Anyway, since the writer seem to have a pretty good handle on Miles ... and music, I thought maybe this was the place to enlighten me. What's it mean when a piece is written in modes rather than chords? I don't understand what's meant by modal music. Hope this doesn't seem like sophomore jive ... I'm trying to learn more about music.
