Greek modes

Greek modes
Greek modes (music)
A set of modes (named Aeolian, Locrian, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, etc) each consisting of two disjunct tetrachords with a whole tone (diazeuctic tone) between them, or two conjunct tetrachords with a whole tone above (where the prefix hyper- is used) or below them (where the prefix hypo- is used)
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