musical mode
C20353
concept
A musical mode is a specific type of scale characterized by a particular sequence of intervals that gives music a distinct tonal color and emotional quality.
Observed surface forms (16)
- musical scale ×9
- major key ×7
- melodic mode ×3
- musical modal system ×3
- tonality ×3
- musical mode system ×2
- Azerbaijani musical mode ×1
- Jewish musical mode ×1
- Middle Eastern musical mode ×1
- diatonic mode ×1
- element of Arabic music ×1
- guitar scale ×1
- heptatonic scale ×1
- maqam-based music ×1
- musical system ×1
- pentatonic scale ×1
Instances (32)
- Ahavah Rabbah mode
- maqam system via concept surface "musical modal system"
- D minor (BWV 1004) via concept surface "tonality"
- C major (BWV 1005) via concept surface "tonality"
- E major (BWV 1006) via concept surface "tonality"
- A-flat major via concept surface "major key"
- E-flat major via concept surface "major key"
- F major via concept surface "major key"
- Ottoman makam system via concept surface "musical modal system"
- Persian dastgah via concept surface "musical modal system"
- Arabic maqam via concept surface "musical mode system"
- Central Asian shashmaqam via concept surface "maqam-based music"
- Shur mugham via concept surface "Azerbaijani musical mode"
- B major via concept surface "major key"
- G major via concept surface "major key"
- Phrygian dominant scale via concept surface "musical scale"
- Ahava Rabba mode via concept surface "musical scale"
- Freygish
- Raga Yaman via concept surface "melodic mode"
- Raga Bhimpalasi via concept surface "musical scale"
- Raga Darbari Kanada via concept surface "musical scale"
- Raga Todi via concept surface "melodic mode"
- Raga Bageshri via concept surface "musical scale"
- Raga Kafi via concept surface "musical scale"
- Raga Khamaj via concept surface "melodic mode"
- Ryukyuan scale via concept surface "musical scale"
- Oktoechus via concept surface "musical system"
- E major via concept surface "major key"
- Byzantine echoi via concept surface "musical mode system"
- Varali via concept surface "musical scale"
- Hijaz scale via concept surface "musical scale"
- C major via concept surface "major key"