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ancient mode

Summary

ancient mode ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,719 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ancient mode is a type of scale[2].
  • ancient mode's Commons category is recorded as Greek Scales[3].
  • ancient mode's topic's main category is recorded as Q21038633[4].
  • ancient mode's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[5].
  • ancient mode's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • ancient mode's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[7].

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Definition and Type

ancient mode is a type of scale[2].

Why It Matters

ancient mode ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,719 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Paucabot · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Q21038633
    Commons category → Greek Scales
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Greek Scales"
  2. 4w ago · Samoasambia · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Greek Scales
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P373]]: Musical modes"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Riemann's Music Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Riemann's Music Dictionary
    Subclass of → scale
    Subclass of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 5647601, 4676115, 5144472
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 30098, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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