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hypolydian mode

[ hahy-poh-lid-ee-uh n, 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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Nearby words

  1. hypokinesis,
  2. hypoleydigism,
  3. hypolimnion,
  4. hypolithic,
  5. hypolydian,
  6. hypomagnesaemia,
  7. hypomagnesemia,
  8. hypomania,
  9. hypomanic,
  10. hypomastia

Origin of hypolydian mode

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