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The Dorian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Ionian, Phrygian, Locrian Scales

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The Church Modes: Dorian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Ionian, Phrygian, Locrian Scales Back in the period between roughly 1150AD and 1400AD there developed scales called “modes”. (Actually deriving from the Greeks some thousand years before.) And since music was centered in the … Continue reading →

Modal Scales: The Ancient “Church Modes” — Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian & Ionian Modes

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Back in the period between roughly 1150 AD and 1400 AD there developed scales called “modes”, or “modal scales” (actually deriving from the Greeks some thousand years before.) And since music was centered in the church during that period they came to be known as “church modes.”

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