hypomixolydian mode

US: (hī′pō mik′sə lid′ē ən, hip′ō-, hī′pō-, hip′ō-)

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hy′po•mix•o•lyd′ian mode′  (hī′pō mik′sə lid′ē ən, hip′ō-, hī′pō-, hip′ō-), [Music.]

1. Music and Dance 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.

• hypo- + mixolydian mode 1895–1900