Meaning | Any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic / diatonic notes within an octave. |
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Synonym | mode |
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Narrower | Greek mode | Any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece |
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ecclesiastical mode, Gregorian mode, church mode, medieval mode | Any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600 |
major scale, major diatonic scale | A diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th |
minor scale, minor diatonic scale | A diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th |
Broader | diatonic scale | A scale with eight notes in an octave |
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Spanish | modo musical, modo |
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