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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