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Although he speaks casually about such technical matters as modal theory, dastgah tunings and tetrachords, the music of his unusual band is, at bottom, hard-hitting instrumental rock with a twist.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2012
Different Greek modes were built from different combinations of tetrachords.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Enharmonic tetrachords are particularly confusing; it is clear that two of the notes were very close in pitch.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Figure 6.9: Each Greek mode was built of two tetrachords in a row, filling an octave.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
From this we see that the scale in present use is composed of octaves, just as the older scales were composed of hexachords, and before that tetrachords.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
