Click on sprites to hear examples of music in these modes (or adjacent scales) Lydian - Lydian countryball (Lydian king Croesus is considered to have invented coinage) Ionian - Athenian countryball (Athenians were considered Ionian) Phrygian - Phrygian countryball (includes stories of King Midas like the golden touch and the donkey ears) Dorian - Spartan countryball (Sparta was ruled by Dorians for most of its history)
Lydian - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart (G major has the same amount of sharp notes (1) as modern Lydian) Ionian - The Entertainer by Joplin (C major has all the notes natural, like modern Ionian) Phrygian - Symphony No. 4 Movement II by Brahms Dorian - 'Dorian' Toccata by Bach or What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor? All music from Wikimedia
