Mixolydian
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μιξο-Λυδιος (mixo-Ludios, “half-Lydian”), from μιξο- (mixo-) (from base of μιγνυναι (mignunai, “to mix”)) + Λυδιος (Ludios, “Lydia (an ancient country in Asia Minor)”); named in reference to Lydian (another Greek mode).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Mixolydian (not comparable)
- (music) designating the Mixolydian mode, the highest of the ancient Greek modes, and now having final G and D dominant
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- It is susceptible of nodes or modes as far apart as hyperphrygian and mixolydian
- Johann Jakob Froberger's piece Canzona V in G is in the mixolydian mode.
Translations
designating a mode in music having final G and D dominant
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