Modal Definition

mōdl
adjective
Of or indicating a mode or mood.
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Of or expressing mood.
A modal auxiliary.
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Of or relating to compositions or improvisations based on an arrangement of modes rather than a series of chord progressions.
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In popular music, of or characterized by the repetition of one or two chords as a harmonic base.
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Of or composed in any of the medieval church modes.
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Other Word Forms of Modal

Noun

Singular:
modal
Plural:
modals

Origin of Modal

  • From Medieval Latin modalis (“pertaining to a mode"), from Latin modus (“mode"); see mode. Compare to French, Spanish and Portuguese modal and Italian modale.

    From Wiktionary

  • Medieval Latin modālis from Latin modus measure med- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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