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~~The term~~ '''mode''' of the ~~modern western understanding of scales is~~ determined by the starting/ending point ~~of a scale based on a given tonal material~~.

In the modern western understanding of scales, a '''mode''' (or '''rotation''') of a [[periodic scale]] is an ordering of the scale's tones determined by choosing one of the tones as the starting/ending point.

~~For example the diatonic material 0 2 4 5 7 9 11 12 14 16 17 ... of [[12edo]] with its 7-tone periodicity (12 equals 0) can be used to build 7 different modes, which are often named as~~

For example, the [[5L 2s|diatonic]] material 0 2 4 5 7 9 11 12 14 16 17 ... of [[12edo]] with its 7-tone [[period]]icity (12 equals 0) can be used to build 7 different modes, which are often named as:

* Ionian (0...)

* Dorian (2...)

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* Aeolian (9...)

* Locrian (11...)

Modes are mostly used in the context of tonal or modal music, i.e. as opposed to atonal music, since their definition implies a pitch center.

== Properties ==

A scale has as many modes as the number of tones that it contains within a period. For example:

* the diatonic scale has 7 modes, because it has 7 tones per period of 1 octave;

* the octatonic [[diminished scale]] only has 2 modes, because it has 2 tones per period of 1/4 octave.

In an [[equal-step tuning]], any mode of any [[support]]ed scale can be built on any tone of the chosen tuning, i.e. it is possible to transpose to any key while keeping the same scale and mode.

== See also ==

* [[Comparison of mode notation systems]]

* [[~~Wikipedia: Mode (music)#Modern modes~~]]

* [[Modal UDP notation]]

* [[~~Maximal evenness~~]]

* [[Kite's Method of Naming Rank-2 Scales using Mode Numbers]]

* [[~~MOS scale|Moment~~ of ~~Symmetry~~]]

* [[Jake Freivald's mode numbering system]]

* [[~~5L 2s|Diatonic~~]]

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-The term '''mode''' of the modern western understanding of scales is determined by the starting/ending point of a scale based on a given tonal material.
+{{Wikipedia|Mode (music)#Modern modes}}
+In the modern western understanding of scales, a '''mode''' (or '''rotation''') of a [[periodic scale]] is an ordering of the scale's tones determined by choosing one of the tones as the starting/ending point.
-For example the diatonic material 0 2 4 5 7 9 11 12 14 16 17 ... of [[12edo]] with its 7-tone periodicity (12 equals 0) can be used to build 7 different modes, which are often named as
+For example, the [[5L 2s|diatonic]] material 0 2 4 5 7 9 11 12 14 16 17 ... of [[12edo]] with its 7-tone [[period]]icity (12 equals 0) can be used to build 7 different modes, which are often named as:
 * Ionian (0...)
 * Dorian (2...)
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 * Aeolian (9...)
 * Locrian (11...)
+Modes are mostly used in the context of tonal or modal music, i.e. as opposed to atonal music, since their definition implies a pitch center.
+== Properties ==
+A scale has as many modes as the number of tones that it contains within a period. For example:
+* the diatonic scale has 7 modes, because it has 7 tones per period of 1 octave;
+* the octatonic [[diminished scale]] only has 2 modes, because it has 2 tones per period of 1/4 octave.
+In an [[equal-step tuning]], any mode of any [[support]]ed scale can be built on any tone of the chosen tuning, i.e. it is possible to transpose to any key while keeping the same scale and mode.
 == See also ==
+* [[Comparison of mode notation systems]]
-* [[Wikipedia: Mode (music)#Modern modes]]
+* [[Modal UDP notation]]
-* [[Maximal evenness]]
+* [[Kite's Method of Naming Rank-2 Scales using Mode Numbers]]
-* [[MOS scale|Moment of Symmetry]]
+* [[Jake Freivald's mode numbering system]]
-* [[5L 2s|Diatonic]]
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