dorian mode

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dorian mode - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dorian \Do"ri*an\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric;
        as, a Dorian fashion.
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     2. (Mus.) Same as Doric, 3. "Dorian mood." --Milton.
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     Dorian mode (Mus.), the first of the authentic church modes
        or tones, from D to D, resembling our D minor scale, but
        with the B natural. --Grove.
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