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Chromatic – using tones from the five not in the mode. |
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Diatonic – using only the seven tones of the mode. |
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Enharmonic Equivalent is a tone which is equivalent in pitch to another, e.g. C#/Db, or Gb/F# etc.. |
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Keynote is the principal tone in a mode – it can also be called the Tonic. |
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Heptatonic describes a mode consisting of seven tones. |
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Mode is a specific combination of tones which form the basis of a composition, or section of a composition. |
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Note is a single musical event, whether a high C on a piccolo or the crash of a cymbal, and whether audibly performed or recorded, on paper or computer, in some form of notation. |
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Pitch is the degree of highness or lowness of note, defined by its frequency of vibration. |
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Scale is the tones of a mode performed or notated in pitch order, either ascending or descending. |
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Timbre is the distinctive sound quality of an instrument or group of instruments. |
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Tone (sometimes rather clunkily known as ‘pitch class’) is one of the set of pitches, regardless of octave, denoted by the letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Tonescape (neologism) the metaphorical tonal landscape, the tonal environment provided by a particular mode. Triad is a chord of three tones, consisting of a root with the third and fifth above it. |
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If anyone has a problem with, or seeks further clarification or elaboration of, any of these definitions, I’m happy to discuss it via email or Twitter.
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