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hypolydian mode

[ hahy-poh-lid-ee-uhn, hip-oh-, hahy-poh-, hip-oh- ]
/ ˈhaɪ poʊˈlɪd i ən, ˈhɪp oʊ-, ˌhaɪ poʊ-, ˌhɪp oʊ- /

noun Music.

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

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Origin of hypolydian mode

1835–45; translation of Greek hypolýdios tónos;see hypo-, Lydian mode

Words nearby hypolydian mode

hypokinesis, hypoleydigism, hypolimnion, hypolithic, Hypolydian, hypolydian mode, hypomagnesaemia, hypomagnesemia, hypomania, hypomastia, hypomelanosis of Ito
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