Aeolian mode

noun

Aeolian mode

noun

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A mode whose scale is the same as a natural minor scale, with the interval pattern

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Starting on the note A, this produces a scale with the notes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A

2 more examples

{a b c'd'e'f'g'a'2}
And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lamentation: […]1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 31:

Coordinate terms: Dorian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Phrygian mode

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