hypolydian mode

American  

[hahy-poh-lid-ee-uhn, hip-oh-, hahy-poh-, hip-oh-] / ˈhaɪ poʊˈlɪd i ən, 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 C to C, with the final on F.

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Etymology

Origin of hypolydian mode

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