Gregorian mode

noun

Music.

1. church mode.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gregorian mode¹

Named after Pope Gregory I; -ian

Example Sentences

Tonal variety is a marked feature in folk-songs, many of them being in the old Gregorian modes, while others show a decided inclination to our modern major and minor scales.

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The Greek names were definitely accepted in the eleventh century, or thereabouts; previously, they were known also as the first, second, third, etc., up to the twelfth, church tones or Gregorian modes.

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