Why is modern music written so boringly?
I’m not familiar with the hypolydian… isn’t that a church mode? I wasn’t aware that anyone was using church modes in modern mainstream music at all…. But as far as mixolydian, perhaps you should listen a little closer – a lot of country music has mixolydian scales in it. The thing is that most music is written using leading tone resolution, and modal music does not use a lot of leading tone resolution. Our ears (yours too) are accustomed to the I – IV – V resolution of the major scale. Combine that with very easy-to-dance-to time signatures and you’ve got two major ingredients for music that will appeal to most people most of the time. Modal and non-diatonic playing is still done, but a lot of it is in experimental, fusion, progressive, and jazz circles – areas of music that delve into music territories that may not appeal to most people some or most of the time. It’s not so much an issue of math, I think… rhythmic complexity is often culture-dependent, and can often be only an a
