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Name: Modes and Ragas: More Than just a Scale
ID: m11633
Language: English (en)
Summary: Many musical traditions, in history as well as in the modern world, are based on modes or ragas rather than on major and minor scales.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: aeolian, chant, church modes, dorian, Greek modes, India, Indian music, ionian, jazz, locrian, lydian, medieval, medieval modes, mixolydian, modal, mode, phrygian, raga, scale
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Latest version: 1.9 (history)
First publication date: Oct 8, 2003 10:03 am GMT-5
Last revision to module: Oct 4, 2007 11:43 am GMT-5
Module XML: m11633_1.9.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.9 Oct 4, 2007 11:43 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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fixed link
Version: 1.8 Feb 26, 2007 12:53 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added outline eps and svg files, changed example to move most of the text out of the figure, other small text changes
Version: 1.7 Jan 26, 2007 3:16 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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added eps CNXML
Version: 1.6 Jan 10, 2007 12:40 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
updated links and small changes in text
Version: 1.5 May 11, 2006 2:42 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added bibliopgraphy and section on modal jazz and folk music, redid figures, and expanded explanation of medieval church modes.
Version: 1.4 Feb 22, 2006 9:50 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
clarified number of possible Indian ragas
Version: 1.3 Dec 15, 2004 2:56 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added links and keywords, clarified some text.
Version: 1.2 Nov 22, 2004 12:50 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Rewrote some of the intro and church mode sections, for clarity, and rewrote Indian ragas section to correct some errors.
Version: 1.1 Oct 16, 2003 3:03 pm GMT-5 by (None)
Changes: 
New module

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