Hypolydian

British

/ ˌhaɪpəˈlɪdɪən /

adjective

music denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D Compare Lydian Hypo-

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Hypolydian

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 W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell

There are 8 recognizable notes in the Diatonic Hypolydian key of Alypius.

From Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries by Ruth Ellis Messenger

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