Hypodorian

British  

/ ˌhaɪpəˈdɔːrɪən /

adjective

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

The other modes were as follows: In the Æolian or Locrian the semitones occur between the second and third notes, and the fifth and sixth: Theraclides Ponticus identifies the Hypodorian with the Æolian, but says that the name “hypo-” merely denoted a likeness to Doric, not to pitch.

From Project Gutenberg

The octave in this scale from the second note, C to C, coincides exactly with the Lydian mode, and was called the Lydian octave; from the third note, D, up to its octave gives the Phrygian; from the fourth note, E, the Dorian; from the fifth, F, the Hypolydian; from the sixth, G, the Hypophrygian; and from the seventh, A, the Æolian or Hypodorian octave.

From Project Gutenberg

C E Now all these lower, or derived modes, Hypodorian, Hypophrygian, Hypolydian, etc., received the name Plagal modes, because there was but one tonic or keynote in the scale; consequently a melody starting on any degree of the scale would invariably return to the same tonic or keynote.

From Project Gutenberg