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Byzantine Chant

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The natural modes
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| Nη || || Πα || || Βου || || Γα || || Δι || || Κε || || Ζω || || Nη|-| || 12 || || 10 || || 8 || || 12 || || 12 || || 10 || || 8 |||}Thus, this looks like the C major scale, with a slightly lowered third and seventh notes. The tonic (base note) for the four natural modes is: '''Mode 1''': Πα, rendering it a tonality close to the Western minor scale<br>'''Mode 4''': Βου, Πα, or Δι, depending on the type of hymn chanted<br>'''Mode Plagal of the first''': Πα or Κε, depending on the type of hymn chanted. This again has a tonality close to the Western minor scale<br>'''Mode Plagal of the fourth''': Nη or Γα, depending on the type of hymn changed. The �?η-based variety renders a tonality close to the Western major scale. ===The enharmonic modes=== These are modes 3 and Grave (Βα
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