Meaning of Aeolian mode | Babel Free

Definitions

A mode whose scale is the same as a natural minor scale, with the interval pattern

uncountable

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Examples

“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”

“{a b c'd'e'f'g'a'2}”

“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: […]”

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