Modes (music)

alt=|thumb|Melakarta ragas of Carnatic music. While ragas in Hindustani music are divided into thaats, ragas in Carnatic music are divided into melakartas. A raga ( ; , ; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode. It is central to classical Indian music. Each raga consists of an array of melodic structures with musical motifs; and, from the perspective of the Indian tradition, the resulting music has the ability to "colour the mind" as it engages the emotions of the audience.

each of the sequences ordered by the notes within an octave according to the different sequences of tones and semitones

Mugham () or Mughamat () is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik.

diatonic scale that has semitones between the degrees III-IV. and VII-VIII.

natural scale model that begins with the note re (D), with the sixth degree diminished

mode in Arabic music

structure of the succession of natural notes that begins on the mi (E) note in modal music

structure of the natural scale that begins with the note F (fa)

describes a type of music of acoustic tones

structure of the natural scale that begins with the note G (sol)

authentic mode

musical scale of modal music equivalent to the natural minor scale of tonal music; it begins on the note la (A)

System of pitch organization in Gregorian chant

A thaat () is a "parent scale" in North Indian or Hindustani music. It is the Hindustani equivalent of the term Melakartha raga of Carnatic music. The concept of the thaat is not exactly equivalent to the western musical scale because the primary function of a thaat is not as a tool for music composition, but rather as a basis for classification of ragas. There is not necessarily strict compliance between a raga and its parent thaat; a raga said to 'belong' to a certain thaat need not allow all the notes of the thaat, and might allow other notes. Thaats are generally accepted to be heptatonic

natural scale model that begins with the note B (si), with the descent of the fifth degree

Oktōēchos (here transcribed "Octoechos"; Greek: ; from ὀκτώ "eight" and ἦχος "sound, mode" called echos; Slavonic: Осмогласие, Osmoglasie from о́смь "eight" and гласъ, Glagolitic: , "voice, sound") is the eight-mode system used for the composition of religious chant in Byzantine, Syriac, Armenian, Georgian, Latin and Slavic churches since the Middle Ages. In a modified form the octoechos is still regarded as the foundation of the tradition of monodic chant in the Byzantine Rite today.

A Muqam (; ) is the melody type used in the music of the Uyghurs, that is, a musical mode and set of melodic formulas used to guide improvisation and composition.

Dastgāh (; , , ) is the standard musical system in Persian art music, standardised in the 19th century following the transition of Persian music from the Maqam modal system.

musical modes or scales that fulfill specific criteria relating to their symmetry and the repetition of their interval groups

A tonary is a liturgical book in the Western Christian Church which lists by incipit various items of Gregorian chant according to the Gregorian mode (tonus) of their melodies within the eight-mode system. Tonaries often include Office antiphons, the mode of which determines the recitation formula for the accompanying text (the psalm tone if the antiphon is sung with a psalm, or canticle tone if the antiphon is sung with a canticle), but a tonary may also or instead list responsories or Mass chants not associated with formulaic recitation. Although some tonaries are stand-alone works, they wer

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plagal Gregorian mode

overview of ancient Greek music theory

name of a scale in different musical traditions

system of melodic modes used in traditional Turkish music

musical seven-note synthetic scale

musical system in traditional mugham music

such as Psalm tone and recitative, as in Gregorian chants

plagal Gregorian mode

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300px|right|thumb|Characteristic trichord of maqam sigah, on E half-flat Segah (Kurdish: سێ گاە; ; ; ) (From Persian se-gāh, سه + گاه = سه‌گاه "third place") is a musical mugham in traditional Kurdish, Persian, Azeri and Turkish traditional music.

musical modal system in traditional mugham music and one of the seven Dastgāhs of Persian Music

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modal system in mugham music

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musical scale