In music theory, a mode is a type of scale with a specific pattern of intervals. The term 旋法 is used in contexts such as 教会旋法 (church modes) or 日本の旋法 (Japanese modes).
See also: モード
Several modes are used in Gregorian chant.
This piece is written in the Dorian mode.
minor mode
hemitonic pentatonic scale
anhemitonic pentatonic scale
church modes; ecclesiastical modes
Dorian mode
From 旋 (せん, 'turn, revolve') and 法 (ほう, 'method, law'), likely a coined term for the Western musical concept of 'mode'. The exact derivation is uncertain.