source file: mills2.txt Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 02:50:21 +0200 Subject: Re: modes From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) >Could somebody please explain modes (Dorian, Frigian, Aeolian, etc) to a >newcomer on the list, or refer to literature explaining these? These are the proverbial "church modes" used in Gregorian chant and more recently in some forms of jazz, blues, and even a little in some popular music. They are the scales you get when you between a given pitch and the pitch an octave higher, but using only the white keys. The scale from C to C using only white keys gives us the familiar "major" scale, which is also called the "Ionian" mode. A to A using only white keys gives you what we now call the "natural minor" mode, which is also called the "Aolean" mode. All told, these modes are called: CDEFGABC Ionian mode (AKA major scale) DEFGABCD Dorian mode EFGABCDE Phrygian mode FGABCDEF Lydian mode GABCDEFG Mixolydian mode ABCDEFGA Aolean mode (AKA natural minor) BCDEFGAB Locrian mode These modes also have a set of older Greek names, but I confess that I don't know those names. From: SMTP%"tuning@eartha.mills.edu" 29-MAY-1997 00:43:22.83 To: manuel.op.de.coul@ezh.nl CC: Subj: intemperate music Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Thu, 29 May 1997 00:43 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA03250; Thu, 29 May 1997 00:43:20 +0200 Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 00:43:20 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA03248 Received: (qmail 381 invoked from network); 28 May 1997 22:43:16 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 28 May 1997 22:43:16 -0000 Message-Id: <338C2815@fsdsmtpgw.fsd.jhuapl.edu> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu