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hypoaeolian mode

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[hahy-poh-ee-oh-lee-uhn, hahy-] / ˈhaɪ poʊ iˈoʊ li ən, ˌhaɪ- /

noun

Music.

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

Etymology

Origin of hypoaeolian mode

< Late Latin hypoaeoli ( us ) + -an; hypo-, Aeolian

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