a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones

of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode

of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode

any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode

any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece

a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th

a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th

the system of melodic modes used in traditional Arabic music.