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medieval mode

DEFINITIONS OF: medieval mode

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

Synonyms:
Gregorian mode, church mode, ecclesiastical mode
Type of:
mode, musical mode
any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
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