GRE Word List
MODE
an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
The meaning of the word mode is an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval.
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