Mixolydian mode
noun
1
: an ancient Greek mode represented on the white keys of the piano by a descending diatonic scale from B to B see greek mode
2
: an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of the piano by a diatonic scale from G to G with D as its tenor (see tenor entry 1 sense 2a)and G as its final (see final entry 2 sense c) see church mode illustration
Word History
Etymology
mixolydian from Greek mixolydios mixolydian (from mixo- + lydios Lydian) + English -an; mixolydian mode translation of Greek mixolydios harmonia
First Known Use
1712, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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