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minor diatonic scale vs musical mode

musical mode vs minor diatonic scale

minor diatonic scale and musical mode both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
minor diatonic scale Yes No No No
musical mode Yes No No No
As nouns, musical mode is a hypernym of minor diatonic scale; that is, musical mode is a word with a broader meaning than minor diatonic scale:
  • minor diatonic scale: a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
  • musical mode: any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
Other hypernyms of minor diatonic scale include mode.
minor diatonic scale (noun) musical mode (noun)
a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
Difference between minor diatonic scale and musical mode

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