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28.50Level 25 — second modal area

A famous feature of this kind of modal form is a shift of the same basic modal material up by a semitone.

Conceptually:

D Dorian → E♭ Dorian

for a contrasting section.

Now the entire environment moves up half-step.

This is simple structurally but dramatic sonically.