{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Educated Imagination","provider_url":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog","author_name":"Bob Denham","author_url":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/author\/denham\/","title":"The Greek Modes and the Circle of Fifths - The Educated Imagination","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Y1yOZS2dfS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2009\/09\/23\/the-greek-modes-and-the-circle-of-fifths\/\">The Greek Modes and the Circle of Fifths<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2009\/09\/23\/the-greek-modes-and-the-circle-of-fifths\/embed\/#?secret=Y1yOZS2dfS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Greek Modes and the Circle of Fifths&#8221; &#8212; The Educated Imagination\" data-secret=\"Y1yOZS2dfS\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Responding to Peter Yan and Adam Bradley: Yes, Frye certainly did know about the Greek modes.\u00a0 In \u201cModal Harmony in Music\u201d he writes: In the sixteenth century much greater freedom of tonality was available.\u00a0 The major and minor modes were then celled Ionian and Aeolian respectively, but four others were used.\u00a0 Arranged in order of [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/09\/Modal-Glyph.png"}