hypoionian mode

[ hahy-poh-ahy-oh-nee-uhn, hip-oh-, hahy-poh-, hip-oh- ]

noun

, Music.

1. a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G, with the final on C.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypoionian mode¹

hypo- + Latin Ion ( ius ) Ionian + -ian