This is just what I needed. In my opinion the new edition of the book is rather hard to understand largely because it lacks simple examples/ explanations like these...
I am interested in examples of Lydian melodies and chords. "The Simpsons" theme song is one example of a Lydian melody. c2 e2 f#2 a2 g2 e2 c2 a1 f#1 g1. The chords in the A section of "A Man and a Woman" sound very Lydian to me: ( in C) Cmaj7 - B7 - Bbmaj7 - Em7 - A7 - Dmaj7. The...
In LCC, there is extensive talk about the "pull" a fifth downwards: D -> G -> C. Is it for the same reason that this is the strongest root progression, for example a II-V-I: Dm7 - G7 - Cmaj7?