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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.