Aeolian mode en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) A mode whose scale is the same as a natural minor scale, with the interval pattern
{a b c'd'e'f'g'a'2}
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
And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lamentation: […]
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 31:
Coordinates
Mixolydian mode · Phrygian mode · Locrian mode · Lydian mode · Dorian mode · Ionian mode
Translations (7)
pt modo eólio (a musical mode) · ca eòlic (a musical mode) · es modo eólico (a musical mode) · pl skala eolska (a musical mode) · ca mode eòlic (a musical mode) · fr mode éolien (a musical mode) · ga mód Aeólach (a musical mode)