Ionian mode

English

Proper noun

Ionian mode

1. (music) A mode that is the same as a major key, with the interval pattern:

   tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone

   Starting on the note C, this produces a scale with the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C

   Synonym: Ionic mode

   

Coordinate terms

• Ionian mode
• Dorian mode
• Phrygian mode
• Lydian mode
• Mixolydian mode
• Aeolian mode
• Locrian mode

Translations

musical mode

• French: mode ionien m
• Russian: иони́йский лад m (ioníjskij lad)
• Spanish: modo jónico m