Hypodorian

British

/ ˌhaɪpəˈdɔːrɪən /

adjective

music denoting a plagal mode represented by the ascending diatonic scale from A to A Compare Dorian Hypo-

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Aristoxenus denies the identity, and says that the Hypodorian was a semitone below the Dorian or Hypolydian.

From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

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