Greek mode

The early Byzantine church developed a system of eight musical modes (called the octoechos), which mediaeval music scholars related to the ancient Greek modes.

Hammel on modes,"We are not quite sure what a Greek mode really was."

The Romans may have tuned their instruments to Greek modes.

For incidental music to a New York production of Ben-Hur in 1899, he based his composition on Greek modes.

Greek music theory included the Greek musical modes, that eventually became the basis for Western religious and classical music.

Specifically, the pair pioneered the use of Greek modes for teaching chord-scales, a technique which has become the standard for teaching music theory worldwide.

Although the names are of Greek origin, the tone sequences are different from Greek modes with similar names.

Confusingly, the modern Dorian mode is the same as the Greek Phrygian mode.

It would be incorrect though to call it modal, for the Arabic system is more complex than that of the Greek modes.

Food played an important part in the Greek mode of thought.