Mode

This essay traces the development of “mode” in Western music from the early Greeks, through the transmission of Greek theory by Roman writers, the adaptation in the Middle Ages of aspects of this system for purposes of organizing liturgical chant, the changes made by Renaissance theorists to accommodate polyphonic composition, and the seventeenth-century transformation of modal practices into tonal procedures, to various uses of church modes in Bach, Beethoven, Grieg, Debussy, Vaughan Williams, the folk revival, jazz, and heavy metal. The author distinguishes modes from scales and psalm tones, explains differences between pairs such as Dorian and Aeolian, and argues for a practice-based approach to the concept.

Art · Art history · Greeks · Literature · Modal · Mode (computer interface) · Polyphony · The Renaissance · Classics · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies · History · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy

• Musicological analysis of the recitation of Surah Al-Fatiha in the musically-performed congregational worship

  Open Access•Andre Indrawan, Salsabil Salsabil et al.•rast müzikoloji dergisi•2023

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