hypomixolydian mode

[hahy-poh-mik-suh-lid-ee-uh n, hip-oh-, hahy-poh-, hip-oh-]

noun Music.

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

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Origin of hypomixolydian mode

First recorded in 1895–1900; hypo- + mixolydian mode

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