Lydian mode

American  

noun

Music.

1. an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from F to F.

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Etymology

Origin of Lydian mode

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

We began with Beethoven, who employed the Lydian mode in his Opus 132 for out-of-body illusions.

From Los Angeles Times

Titled “Holy Song of Thanksgiving of a Convalescent to the Deity, in the Lydian Mode,” it was written after Beethoven recovered from a serious intestinal illness, just two years before his death.

From New York Times

The Lydian mode would be every white key starting from F to an octave above F. Every white key from C to C is the far more mundane and ordinary Ionian mode.

From Los Angeles Times

Use of the pure Lydian mode in Beethoven’s time was rare or nonexistent.

From Los Angeles Times

My small quibble on Swed’s high-quality scribble is that he described the Lydian mode as being all the white keys.

From Los Angeles Times