I-d-p-l-m-a-l Edit Meaning

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I-D-P-L-M-A-L is a memory device to remember the order in which musical modes follow each other. A common way to remember this order is to remember the phrase "I Dig Phat Ladies - Mostly All Lesbian" which will help you to order the modes in the correct manner:

Ionian

Dorian

Phrygian

Lydian

Mixolydian

Aeolian

Locrian

"Shit, dude! What mode comes after phrygian?"

"Just remember I-D-P-L-M-A-L! I... Dig... Phat... Ladies..."

"Lydian! It's lydian! Fuck, you are a pro!"

"Your cursing is beginning to sound like a locrian triad to me."

"What?"

"The tritone."

"What?"

"Why are you even in this class?"

See dorian, music, memory