单词 | mixolydian |
释义 | mixolydianadj.n. Music. Originally (now historical): designating the highest in pitch of the ancient Greek tonoi or modes in the system of Ptolemy, the next highest in the system of Boethius (also named by him hyperdorian), and the lowest (or next lowest) when projected as a diatonic octave scale, corresponding to B–b; (in the ecclesiastical system) designating mode (or tone) seven, having g as finalis. In modern use: designating the diatonic scale of g–g′ and the mode which it represents (containing a minor seventh in relation to the tonic). Of music: composed or performed in this mode. Also as n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > ancient Greek modes Ionic1579 Lydian1579 mixolydian1589 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > mode > medieval mode > authentic authentical1597 authentic1609 Lydian1636 mixolydian1867 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. x. 70 The Eolien, Miolidien [read Mixolidien] and Ionien. 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Mixolidian tune, that is to say, lamentable and pitifull: meet for Tragoedies. 1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 709 In the Mixolydian species, the diazeuctic tone was the first interval, reckoning from acute to grave. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 390 Mixolydian mode. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 296/1 In what is called the Gregorian Chant there are eight modes, or tones... The Authentic modes are the Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, and Mixo-Lydian of the antients. 1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony i. 14 The fourth mode Ambrose selected is the Hyper-Lydian, sometimes called Myxo-Lydian. 1893 H. E. Wooldridge Chappell's Old Eng. Pop. Mus. I. p. xi Ecclesiastical Scale of G. 7th or Mixolydian Mode. 1965 B. Sweet-Escott Baker St. Irregular vii. 208 The B.B.C. news..was turned off and the usual Mixolydian music was with us again. 1989 Guitar Player Mar. 39/1 (advt.) Now you can generate..harmonies in 41 different scales. From natural minors and chromatics to Phrygian and Mixolydian. 1995 Alternative Press May 68/2 Eerie atmospherics,..morose sheets of mixolydian guitar,..phased melancholy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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