musical mode

1. Any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave (synset 106874680)
   is a type of: diatonic scale - a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones
   subtypes:

   • church mode, ecclesiastical mode, gregorian 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
   same as: mode

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