hypomixolydian mode

hypomixolydian mode
/huy"poh mik'seuh lid"ee euhn, hip"oh-, huy'poh-, hip'oh-/, Music.
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.
[1895-1900; HYPO- + MIXOLYDIAN MODE]

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      in music, last of the eight medieval church modes. See church mode.

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