Dorian mode
Americannoun
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We ended with Riley, who used the Dorian mode in “Sun Rings” for out-of-this-world access.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2020
In this case the inspiration for the music wasn’t the wine itself, but rather a Parthenon-style building in the vineyard, which led the composer to use the Greek Dorian mode in his composition.
From BusinessWeek • Jan. 9, 2012
This is an example of Dorian mode in “Scarborough Fair,” an English folk song.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
The Dorian mode was considered the greatest, and, according to Plato, the only one worthy of men.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
Thus in the Dorian mode the tonic would be RE, in the Phrygian, MI, etc.
From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson
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