English noun: musical mode | |||
1. | musical mode (communication) any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave | ||
Synonyms | mode | ||
Broader (hypernym) | diatonic scale | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | church mode, ecclesiastical mode, Greek mode, Gregorian mode, major diatonic scale, major scale, medieval mode, minor diatonic scale, minor scale | ||