Gregorian mode

Gregorian mode

noun Music.

Origin:
named after Pope Gregory I; see -ian
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Gregorian mode is always a great word to know.
So is whole rest. Does it mean:
tone lowered a half step in pitch
rest equivalent in duration to a whole note
WordNet
gregorian mode

noun
any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode [syn: ecclesiastical mode
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