DORIAN MODE


Meaning of DORIAN MODE in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized D

Etymology: translation of Greek dōria harmonia

1. : a Greek mode consisting of two disjunct tetrachords represented on the white keys of the piano by a descending diatonic scale from E to E — see greek mode illustration

2. : an authentic ecclesiastical mode consisting of a pentachord and an upper conjunct tetrachord represented on the white keys of the piano by an ascending diatonic scale from D to D — see mode illustration

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