Noun
Aeolian mode (uncountable)
(music) a mode whose scale is the same as a natural minor scale, with the interval pattern:
tone - semitone - tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone.
Starting on the note A, this produces a scale with the notes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A.
The Aeolian forms the base of the most common Western minor scale; in modern practice the Aeolian mode is differentiated from the minor by using only the seven notes of the Aeolian scale. Source: Internet
The example composed of natural notes begins on D: The Dorian mode is very similar to the modern natural minor scale (see Aeolian mode below). Source: Internet
The example composed of natural notes starts on E: The Phrygian mode is very similar to the modern natural minor scale (see Aeolian mode below). Source: Internet