hypodorian mode

American  

[hahy-poh-dawr-ee-uhn, -dohr-, hip-oh-, hahy-poh-, hip-oh-] / ˈhaɪ poʊˈdɔr i ən, -ˈdoʊr-, ˈhɪp oʊ-, ˌhaɪ poʊ-, ˌhɪp oʊ- /

noun

Music.

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

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Etymology

Origin of hypodorian mode

< Late Latin hypodōri ( us ) (< Greek hypodṓrion ) + -an; hypo-, Dorian