The Modes of Ancient Greek MusicTHE MODESReading editionChapter navigation46 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE MODESANCIENT GREEK MUSICThe ModesAncient Greek MusicPREFACE§ 1. Introductory.§ 2. Statement of the question.§ 3. The Authorities.§ 4. The Early Poets.§ 5. Plato.§ 6. Heraclides Ponticus.§ 7. Aristotle—the Politics.§ 8. The Aristotelian Problems.§ 9. The Rhetoric.§ 10. Aristoxenus.§ 11. Names of Keys (hypo-).§ 12. Plutarch's Dialogue on Music.§ 13. Modes employed on different Instruments.§ 14. Recapitulation— harmonia and tonos.§ 15. The Systems of Greek Music.§ 16. The Standard Octachord System.§ 17. Earlier Heptachord Scales.§ 18. The Perfect System.§ 19. Relation of System and Key.§ 20. Tonality of the Greek musical scale.§ 21. The Species of a Scale.§ 22. The Scales as treated by Aristoxenus.§ 23. The Seven Species.§ 24. Relation of the Species to the Keys.§ 25. The Ethos of Music.§ 26. The Ethos of the Genera and Species.§ 27. The Musical Notation.§ 28. Traces of the Species in the Notation.§ 29. Ptolemy's Scheme of Modes.§ 30. Nomenclature by Position.§ 31. Scales of the Lyre and Cithara.§ 32. Remains of Greek Music.§ 33. Modes of Aristides Quintilianus.§ 34. Credibility of Aristides Quintilianus.§ 35. Evidence for Scales of different species.§ 36. Conclusion.§ 37. Epilogue—Speech and Song.APPENDIXINDEXTHE ENDe f♯ g a b c♯ d eBeginning of this editionNext chapter →ANCIENT GREEK MUSICAll chapters and sections (46)THE MODESANCIENT GREEK MUSICThe ModesAncient Greek MusicPREFACE§ 1. Introductory.§ 2. Statement of the question.§ 3. The Authorities.§ 4. The Early Poets.§ 5. Plato.§ 6. Heraclides Ponticus.§ 7. Aristotle—the Politics.§ 8. The Aristotelian Problems.§ 9. The Rhetoric.§ 10. Aristoxenus.§ 11. Names of Keys (hypo-).§ 12. Plutarch's Dialogue on Music.§ 13. Modes employed on different Instruments.§ 14. Recapitulation— harmonia and tonos.§ 15. The Systems of Greek Music.§ 16. The Standard Octachord System.§ 17. Earlier Heptachord Scales.§ 18. The Perfect System.§ 19. Relation of System and Key.§ 20. Tonality of the Greek musical scale.§ 21. The Species of a Scale.§ 22. The Scales as treated by Aristoxenus.§ 23. The Seven Species.§ 24. Relation of the Species to the Keys.§ 25. The Ethos of Music.§ 26. The Ethos of the Genera and Species.§ 27. The Musical Notation.§ 28. Traces of the Species in the Notation.§ 29. Ptolemy's Scheme of Modes.§ 30. Nomenclature by Position.§ 31. Scales of the Lyre and Cithara.§ 32. Remains of Greek Music.§ 33. Modes of Aristides Quintilianus.§ 34. Credibility of Aristides Quintilianus.§ 35. Evidence for Scales of different species.§ 36. Conclusion.§ 37. Epilogue—Speech and Song.APPENDIXINDEXTHE ENDe f♯ g a b c♯ d eOFANCIENT GREEK MUSIC →