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An Aeolian mode formed part of the Music Theory of Ancient Greece , based around the relative natural scale in A (that is, the same as playing all the 'white notes' of a piano from A to A). Greek theory called this simple scale the Hypodorian Mode , and the aeolian and Locrian modes must have formed different (perhaps Chromatic ) variations of this. The term ''Aeolian mode'' fell into disuse in mediaeval Europe, as and Plagal counterparts. In as its dominant, Reciting Note or '' Tenor ''. The tenth mode, the plagal version of the aeolian mode, Glarean called ''hypaeolian'' ("under aeolian"), based on the same relative scale, but with the Minor Third as its tenor, and having a melodic range from a Perfect Fourth below the tonic to a Perfect Fifth above it. As . The Aeolian mode is the sixth mode of the Major scale and has the formula 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7. Its tonic chord is a m7.(Am7 in the Key of C). As the Aeolian mode forms the natural Minor Scale (also known as the descending Melodic Minor Scale ), it is among the most frequently used diatonic modes in western music. Tunes entirely in the Aeolian mode (i.e., those that do not also use the ascending melodic minor scale) are rare in classical music. However, they are common in many folk traditions, including Jewish and Israeli Folk Music , and the Israeli national anthem Hatikvah . In popular music, the guitar solo from Led Zeppelin 's " Stairway To Heaven " is a notable example of the Aeolian mode. AEOLIAN "FLAT 5" This chromatically-altered mode is also known as " Locrian sharp 2", Mode VI of the melodic minor scale, or the Half Diminished Scale . It is frequently used in Jazz and Rock . The latter term is generally avoided by musicians, to avoid confusion with the diminished scales (see Octatonic ), and the Half-diminished Seventh Chord . EXTERNAL LINKS
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