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Dorian adjective music specializeduk /ˈdɔː.ri.ən/ us /ˈdɔːr.i.ən/ of or relating to the musical mode(= arrangement of notes) represented by the diatonic scale from D to D: The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" turned out to be an exercise in the Dorian mode. She did the jazzy thing of playing the piece with Dorian scales. If you flatten the third and the seventh degrees of D major, you have D Dorian. He showed them a Dorian mode in three octaves. The two-bar phrase with variations is built on the E Dorian mode. Late Renaissance theory recognized six modes: Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Ionian. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Technical music terms acciaccatura accidental aeolian aleatory alto clef antiphonal discordant harmonic progression harmony hemidemisemiquaver inversion Ionian overtone rubato scherzando scordatura secco recitative secondo staccato whole step |