Dorian mode

English

Noun

Dorian mode (uncountable)

1. (music) a mode whose scale is the same as a minor key with the sixth scale degree raised by one half step, with the interval pattern:

   tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone - tone

   Starting on the note C, this produces a scale with the notes C, D, E♭, F, G, A, B♭, C

   

Coordinate terms

• Ionian mode
• Dorian mode
• Phrygian mode
• Lydian mode
• Mixolydian mode
• Aeolian mode
• Locrian mode