Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts

What is a Mode? (1x36)

Air date: Nov 23, 1966

Bernstein discusses scales, intervals, and tones, and analyzes several pieces, including Debussy's Fetes, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, and music from the Kinks and the Beatles, to illustrate different modes. An excerpt from Bernstein's ballet Fancy Free is also performed.