Music Crystal Dice - The 7 Modes' Chords

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This is a set of 7 crystal-style dice designed to aid with writing chord progressions and learning about music. Each one represents one of the seven musical modes. The sides of the dice depict all the chords available in that mode, along with their corresponding scale degree. Below are instructions on how to utilize these dice: 1. Choose a mode you want to write a song in (Ionian for major or Aeolian for minor) 2. Print out the die corresponding to your chosen mode (or print them all for added variety) 3. Roll the die and read the chord displayed with its text right-side up 4. Repeat this process until you've gathered all the chords needed for your chord progression 5. Play these chords and write a song around them, or simply jam out! These dice also offer an excellent opportunity to explore modal mixture, where you incorporate chords from different modes into one song. For example, use Ionian (major) for most of the chords but add in some Aeolian (minor) chords to give it an extra boost!