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Celtic modes, what modes are these?
I know the ancient Greek modes and the Gregorian modes of the medieval era. Reading in a comment the term Celtic modes I wonder is there something different or special that I have missed until today?


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As we can see in the following link there is no difference between the Celtic modes and the well known medieval modes.

But it seems there are especially 4 modes in use:

Ionian, Dorian, Mixolydian, Aeolian. See:

Complex Tonality and the Four Celtic Modes
www.banjohangout.org/archive/310602
Here’s a nice video explaining the mixolydian mode (with the typical b7) in Celtic style:


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