mixolydian mode

American

[mik-suh-lid-ee-uhn, mik-] / ˈmɪk səˈlɪd i ən, ˌmɪk- /

noun

Music.

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

Etymology

Origin of mixolydian mode

1770–80; < Greek mixolȳ́di ( os ) ( mixo-, combining form of míxis a mingling + Lȳ́dios Lydian) + -an

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Naturally he finds many of Plato’s dictums about music absurd, for example, his call for the banning of the mixolydian mode due to its potentially damaging influence on human nature.

From New York Times • May 6, 2010

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