Why the name “Dorian”? The ancient Greeks built their music around a series of modes, or scales, one of which was the Dorian mode. The students who formed the Dorian Singing Society at Luther College ...

The video shows examples of different types of cadence. Two common modes are the Dorian mode and the Mixolydian mode. Modes are often found in folk music, pop music and jazz. When a piece of music ...