musical mode
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1. any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | diatonic scale, |
| definition | : | a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | greek mode, |
| definition | : | any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | major diatonic scale, major scale, |
| definition | : | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | minor diatonic scale, minor scale, |
| definition | : | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | modal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | modal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode (adj.pert) |
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