Modal

The concept is related to the modal mode term and finds application in several areas:

• In logic, modal logic, see
• In linguistics in three different meanings: for each category of expressions, the "possibility / necessity" concern, as in modal verb; see also modality ( Linguistics )
• The "way " affect, as in Modaladverb
• Concerning the subjective tinting a statement, as in modal particle

• As a term for music that is based on the church modes ( modes )
• In jazz sometimes also for music that is based on another, for example non-European scales
• Jazz also for a certain way of playing ( modal jazz)
• Rarely used as synonym for diatonic
• Uncommon for some guitar tunings in Irish music

• Disambiguation