Aeolian mode

noun

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}”

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Meanings

nounAeolian mode (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA mode whose scale is the same as a natural minor scale, with the interval pattern

    {a b c'd'e'f'g'a'2}

    3 more 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

    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

Translations

Catalan mode eòlic, eòlic
  • mode eòlica musical mode
  • eòlica musical mode
French mode éolien
  • mode éoliena musical mode
Irish mód Aeólach
  • mód Aeólacha musical mode
Polish skala eolska
  • skala eolskaa musical mode
Portuguese modo eólio
  • modo eólioa musical mode
Spanish modo eólico
  • modo eólicoa musical mode
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APA

Aeolian mode. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aeolian%20mode

MLA

“Aeolian mode.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aeolian%20mode. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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