Dorian mode
noun1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A mode whose scale is the same as a minor key with the sixth scale degree raised by one half step, with the interval pattern
- tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone - tone
- Starting on the note C, this produces a scale with the notes C, D, E♭, F, G, A, B♭, C
1 more example
- {c'd'es'f'g'a'bes'c}
- Coordinate terms
- Aeolian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Phrygian mode