The ethos of the musical modes possible correlations with the physical features
The ethos of the musical modes possible correlations with the physical features

Summary/Abstract: The sounds are the substance of music, and by different combinations will generate sound structures with a certain meaning. Any musical discourse is based on vocabulary, which has as its primary source the sound material represented by musical modes or musical scale. The specificity of the mode transmits its features to all the sound structures and its characteristic elements is identifiable in almost any song that belongs to that musical mode. This feature is understood as the ethos of the musical modes and sometimes is seen as the defining element in establishing the meaning of a musical work. These features of musical modes have been known since ancient times.

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