hypophrygian mode

 [hahy-poh-frij-ee-uhn, hip-oh-, hahy-poh-, hip-oh-]  

hy·po·phryg·i·an mode

   [hahy-poh-frij-ee-uhn, 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 B to B, with the final on E.
Origin:
translation of Greek hypophrýgia harmonía; see hypo-, phrygian mode
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Hypophrygian mode is always a great word to know.
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note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note
first or root note and the seventh in a major scale
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