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Aeolian mode

noun

Definition of Aeolian mode 

: a Renaissance church mode represented as a diatonic scale from A to A on the white keys of the piano with E as its tenor (see tenor entry 1 sense 2a)and A as its final (see final entry 2 sense c) — see church mode illustration

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First Known Use of Aeolian mode

circa 1771, in the meaning defined above

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