The Hindu scale (also known as the Aeolian dominant scale, Olympian Scale,
Mixolydian 6
r 13 Aeolian major, and melodic major) is the fifth mode of the
melodic minor scale. It is named such because its sound derives from having a
dominant seventh chord
In music theory, a dominant seventh chord, or major minor seventh chord, is a seventh chord, usually built on the fifth degree of the major scale, and composed of a root, major third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh. Thus it is a major triad tog ...
on the tonic in the context of what is otherwise the
Aeolian mode.
It corresponds to
Raga Charukeshi in Indian Classical music.
This scale can also be obtained by raising the third degree of the
natural minor scale or lowering the sixth degree of the
mixolydian scale
Mixolydian mode may refer to one of three things: the name applied to one of the ancient Greek ''harmoniai'' or ''tonoi'', based on a particular octave species or musical scale, scale; one of the medieval musical mode, church modes; or a modern m ...
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The name ''melodic major'' also refers to the combined scale that proceeds as natural major ascending and as Aeolian dominant descending.
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The Mask of Zorro'' song "
I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You", was composed in the Aeolian dominant scale mode. It was written by film composer
James Horner.
The Aeolian dominant scale mode can also be heard in the song ''Valar Morghulis'' of the
Game of Thrones: Season 2 soundtrack, composed by
Ramin Djawadi.
See also
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Backdoor progression
References
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