Dorian mode

Noun

Meaning

Dorian mode (uncountable)

(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.

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Synonyms

dorian mixolydian mode

Examples

Herbert Howells wrote a Mass in the Dorian mode entirely in strict Renaissance style, and Ralph Vaughan Williams 's Mass in G minor is an extension of this style. Source: Internet

For example, Banish Misfortune is presented in D minor, although it is clearly in the Dorian mode." Source: Internet

The Dorian mode ( About this sound listen ( help · info ) ) corresponds to the natural minor scale with the submediant (sixth scale degree) raised a semitone. 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

Dorian (II) Dorian mode on D About this sound Play ( help · info ) Dorian is the second mode. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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