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Modes and Scales

By: H. Stewart Hendrickson
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music
Keywords:humor; scale; scaling

It is often said about a traditional song or tune, “It must be modal.” What does that mean? In one sense, a mode is just an ordered series of notes defined by the intervals between. In that sense, there is no difference between scales and modes; a mode is simply a particular musical ...

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  Hendrickson, H. (2019). Modes and scales. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 1459-1463). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n479
  
  Hendrickson, H. Stewart. "Modes and Scales." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Sturman, Janet, 1459-63. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n479.
  
  Hendrickson, H. 2019. Modes and Scales. In: Janet Sturman Editor, 2019. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1459-1463 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n479> [Accessed 28 Jan 2022].
  
  Hendrickson, H. Stewart. "Modes and Scales." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Edited by Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019, pp. 1459-63. SAGE Knowledge. 28 Jan 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n479.
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