musical mode

C20353
concept

A musical mode is a specific type of scale characterized by a particular sequence of intervals that gives music a distinct tonal color and emotional quality.

All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
musical scale 9
major key 7
melodic mode 3

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: musical mode
Generated description
A musical mode is a specific type of scale characterized by a particular sequence of intervals that gives music a distinct tonal color and emotional quality.

Instances (32)

Instance Via concept surface
Ahavah Rabbah mode
maqam system musical modal system
D minor (BWV 1004) tonality
C major (BWV 1005) tonality
E major (BWV 1006) tonality
A-flat major major key
E-flat major major key
F major major key
Ottoman makam system musical modal system
Persian dastgah musical modal system
Arabic maqam musical mode system
Central Asian shashmaqam maqam-based music
Shur mugham Azerbaijani musical mode
B major major key
G major major key
Phrygian dominant scale musical scale
Ahava Rabba mode musical scale
Freygish
Raga Yaman melodic mode
Raga Bhimpalasi musical scale
Raga Darbari Kanada musical scale
Raga Todi melodic mode
Raga Bageshri musical scale
Raga Kafi musical scale
Raga Khamaj melodic mode
Ryukyuan scale musical scale
Oktoechus musical system
E major major key
Byzantine echoi musical mode system
Varali musical scale
Hijaz scale musical scale
C major major key