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The Aeolian mode is the sixth mode of the major scale, that is, it is formed by starting on the sixth degree of the major scale. For example, if the Aeolian mode is used in its all-white-note pitch based on A, this would be an A-minor triad, which would be the submediant in the relative major key of C major.
Aeolian mode or natural minor scale: Aeolian on C. Play ... Ukrainian Dorian mode on C. Play ...
The Dorian mode is very similar to the modern natural minor scale (see Aeolian mode below). The only difference with respect to the natural minor scale is in the sixth scale degree, which is a major sixth (M6) above the tonic, rather than a minor sixth (m6). Tonic triad: Dm; Tonic seventh chord: Dm 7; Dominant triad: Am
the harmonic minor scale, like the Aeolian mode but with raised 7th the harmonic major scale , like the major scale but with lowered 6th Indian classical theory postulates seventy-two seven-tone scale types, collectively called melakarta or thaat , whereas others postulate twelve or ten (depending on the theorist) seven-tone scale types.
The musical system of ancient Greece evolved over a period of more than 500 years from simple scales of tetrachords, or divisions of the perfect fourth, into several complex systems encompassing tetrachords and octaves, as well as octave scales divided into seven to thirteen intervals.
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[4] The actual meaning of the term "Aeolian cadence" is that a major key song resolves on the vi chord, which is the tonic chord of the relative minor key (the Mahler ends on the major tonic with an "added 6th," not on a VI chord.) The term derives from the fact that the Aeolian mode is rooted on the sixth step of the major scale.
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