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
What is especially in favor is the stern, strenuous Dorian mode.
From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by Davis, William Stearns
There was little or no classification of tones, and the entire twenty-four letters were applied in regular order to the diatonic series of the Dorian mode.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
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