church modes
Ecclesiastical modes
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Avaz
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Iranian modal system, made up of twelve modes, divided into seven principal modes and five secondary modes
Ecclesia
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Latin
church; church related
Recessional
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composition to be performed at the end of a church service as the clergy leaves the church
Ambrosian chant
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purely diatonic series of sacred melodies or chants collected and introduced into the Catholic Church by St. Ambrose (c. 339…
Bitonal
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where two keys are used simultaneously, originating from the use of modes, common in pre baroque, folk style and more modern…
Bitonality
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where two keys are used simultaneously, originating from the use of modes, common in pre baroque, folk style and more modern…
Church Cadence
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Plagal Cadence. A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an…
Fracta modi
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ornamental notes that break into the steady pattern of rhythmic modes