"Locrian", "Myxolidian", "Dorian", "Ionian", "Phrygian", "Aeolian", "Lydian". These names for diatonic scales come mainly from Greek Islands, or regions, from Before the Common Era. But why have these names persisted? Has anyone ever come up with a serious attempt at renamimg them?

Are there any other modes that people know or play? I know of one called "Ahava Raba", used mainly in klezmer.

Norman