The
Aeolian mode comprises a
musical mode or
diatonic scale.
An Aeolian mode formed part of the
music theory of
ancient Greece, based around the relative natural scale in A (that is, the same as playing all the 'white notes' of a piano from A to A). Greek theory called this simple scale the
hypodorian mode, and the aeolian and
locrian modes must have formed different (perhaps
chromatic) variations of this.
The term
Aeolian mode fell into disuse in medieval Europe, as
church music based itself around eight
musical modes: the relative natural scales in D, E, F and G, each with their
authentic and
plagal counterparts.
In
1547 Heinrich Glarean published his
Dodecachordon. His premise had as its central idea the existence of twelve
diatonic modes rather than eight. It seems that popular
folk music used the additional modes, but they did not form part of the official church repertoire. Glarean added
Aeolian as the name of the
new ninth mode: the relative natural mode in A with the
perfect fifth as its dominant,
reciting note or
tenor. The tenth mode, the plagal version of the aeolian mode, Glarean called
hypaeolian ("under aeolian"), based on the same relative scale, but with the
minor third as its tenor, and having a melodic range from a
perfect fourth below the tonic to a
perfect fifth above it.
As
polyphonic music replaced mediaeval
monophonic church music, the
folk modes added by Glarean became the basis of the
minor/
major division of
classical European music: the aeolian mode forming the natural
minor mode.
The Aeolian mode is the sixth mode of the Major scale and has the formula 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7. Its tonic chord is a m7.(Am7 in the Key of C).
As the Aeolian mode forms the natural
Minor scale (also known as the descending
melodic minor scale), it is among the most frequently used diatonic modes in western music. Tunes entirely in the Aeolian mode (i.e., those that do not also use the ascending melodic minor scale) are rare in classical music. However, they are common in many folk traditions, including Jewish and Israeli folk music, and the Israeli national anthem
Hatikvah. In popular music, the guitar solo from
Led Zeppelin's "
Stairway to Heaven" is a notable example of the Aeolian mode.
Aeolian "flat 5"
This chromatically-altered mode is also known as "
Locrian sharp 2", Mode VI of the melodic minor scale, or the
half diminished scale. It is frequently used in
jazz and
rock. The latter term is generally avoided by musicians, to avoid confusion with the diminished scales (see
octatonic), and the
half-diminished seventh chord.
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scale is an ordered series of musical intervals, which, along with the key or tonic, define the pitches. However, mode is usually used in the sense of scale applied only to the specific diatonic scales found below.
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diatonic scale (from the Greek διατονικος, meaning "[progressing] through tones", also known as the heptatonia prima
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The term ancient Greece refers to the periods of Greek history in Classical Antiquity, lasting ca. 750 BC[1] (the archaic period) to 146 BC (the Roman conquest). It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western Civilization.
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The hypodorian mode, literally meaning 'below dorian', is a musical mode or diatonic scale of ancient Greece that was based upon the dorian tetrachord: a series of rising intervals of a semitone followed by two whole tones.
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The Locrian mode is a musical mode or diatonic scale. It may be considered a minor scale with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered a semi-tone. The Locrian mode may also be considered as a scale beginning on the seventh scale degree of any Ionian, or major scale.
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The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone or half step apart.
The most common conception of the chromatic scale before equal temperament was the Pythagorean chromatic scale, which is essentially a series of eleven 3:2 perfect fifths.
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scale is an ordered series of musical intervals, which, along with the key or tonic, define the pitches. However, mode is usually used in the sense of scale applied only to the specific diatonic scales found below.
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An authentic mode is one of four Gregorian modes whose tonic is the first note of the scale. These four modes correspond to the modern modal scales starting on D (Dorian), E (Phrygian), F (Lydian), and G (Mixolydian).
The other four Gregorian modes are the plagal modes.
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A plagal mode (from Greek πλαγιος 'oblique, sideways') [1] is one of four Gregorian modes whose tonic is the fourth note of the scale.
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Heinrich Glarean (also Glareanus) (June 1488–March 28, 1563) was a Swiss music theorist, poet and humanist. He was born in Mollis (in the canton of Glarus, hence his name) and died in Freiburg.
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Diatonic and chromatic are terms in music theory that are most often used to characterise scales, and are also applied to intervals, chords, notes, musical styles, and kinds of harmony.
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Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:
- Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given
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Inverse perfect fourth
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Other names diapente
Abbreviation P5
Size
Semitones 7
Interval class 5
Just interval 3:2
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Equal temperament 700
Just intonation 702 The
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In chant, a reciting tone (also called a recitation tone) is a repeated musical pitch around which the other pitches of the chant gravitate, or by extension, the entire melodic formula that centers on one or two such pitches.
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Tenor (from Latin
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tenere - hold) means generally:
- the true purport and effect of a deed or instrument;
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Inverse Major Sixth
Name
Other names -
Abbreviation m3
Size
Semitones 3
Interval class 3
Just interval 6:5
Cents
Equal temperament 300
Just intonation 316
A minor third
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Inverse perfect fifth
Name
Other names diatessaron
Abbreviation P4
Size
Semitones 5
Interval class 5
Just interval 4:3
Cents
Equal temperament 500
Just intonation ~498.
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Inverse perfect fourth
Name
Other names diapente
Abbreviation P5
Size
Semitones 7
Interval class 5
Just interval 3:2
Cents
Equal temperament 700
Just intonation 702 The
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polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).
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In music, monophony is the simplest of textures, consisting of melody without accompanying harmony. This may be realized as just one note at a time, or with the same note duplicated at the octave (such as often when men and women sing together).
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In music theory, the major scale is one of the diatonic scales. It is made up of seven distinct notes, plus an eighth which duplicates the first an octave higher.
The simplest major scale is C major (figure 1), the only major scale not to require sharps or flats on the
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