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Definition of Musical mode
1. Noun. Any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave.
Generic synonyms: Diatonic Scale
Specialized synonyms: Church Mode, Ecclesiastical Mode, Gregorian Mode, Medieval Mode, Greek Mode, Major Diatonic Scale, Major Scale, Minor Diatonic Scale, Minor Scale
Derivative terms: Modal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Musical Mode
Literary usage of Musical mode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, James Adam (1902)
"... about words when unaccom- pani{ ly music apply equally to words ivf*4 sung,
and the musical mode and time "*4 conform to the words. ..."
2. The Growth and Influence of Classical Greek Poetry: Lectures Delivered in by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1894)
"Secondly, he had to decide the musical mode to which the poem was to be set. ...
Thirdly, the choice of musical mode and of metre affected the complexion of ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Hindee Language by John Drew Bate (1875)
"... certain river (3) of a certain musical mode (TOI/) which is calculated to ...
a certain musical mode (ragini). Hit, a certain species of falcon. ..."
4. Sculpture, Painting and Drawings of Ancient India by Kevorkian Galleries (1918)
"A RAGINI (musical mode). A lady seated in landscape, lotus pond in the ...
ARA JINI (musical mode). Lady seated on Lotus holding musical instrument, ..."
5. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1856)
"... no longer determines tne single movement in its musical career ; but that the
Idea itself in its progress and development determines the musical mode of ..."
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