Mixolydian

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Etymology

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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).

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  • IPA(key): /ˌmɪk.səˈlɪ.di.jən/

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Mixolydian (not comparable)

  1. (music) Designating the Mixolydian mode, the highest of the ancient Greek modes, and now having final G and D dominant.
    Johann Jakob Froberger's piece Canzona V in G is in the mixolydian mode.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, [], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 474:
      It is susceptible of nodes or modes as far apart as hyperphrygian and mixolydian and of texts so divergent as priests haihooping round David's that is Circe's or what am I saying Ceres' altar and David's tip from the stable to his chief bassoonist about the alrightiness of his almightiness.

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