hypomixolydian mode
[ hahy-poh-mik-suh-lid-ee-uhn, hip-oh-, hahy-poh-, hip-oh- ]
nounMusic.
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.
Origin of hypomixolydian mode
1First recorded in 1895–1900; hypo- + mixolydian mode
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