"Dorian mode" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-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: Tags: uncountable Coordinate_terms: Aeolian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Phrygian mode Translations (Translations): skala dorycka [feminine] (Polish)
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