musical mode

Synonyms:

mode

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Gregorian mode, church mode, ecclesiastical mode, medieval mode

any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode

Greek mode

any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece

major diatonic scale, major scale

a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th

minor diatonic scale, minor scale

a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th

C major, C major scale, scale of C major

(music) the major scale having no sharps or flats

Type of:

diatonic scale

a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones