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Hypoaeolian

Hypoaeolian adjective: of or relating to the musical plagal mode on A, which uses the diatonic octave species from E to the E an octave above, divided by the final into a second-species fourth (semitone–tone–tone) plus a first-species fifth (tone–semitone–tone–tone): E F G A + A B C D E.

Adjective

Hypoaeolian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the musical plagal mode on A, which uses the diatonic octave species from E to the E an octave above, divided by the final into a second-species fourth (semitone–tone–tone) plus a first-species fifth (tone–semitone–tone–tone): E F G A + A B C D E.

Origin of Hypoaeolian

From hypo- + aeolian, coined by Henricus Glareanus (1547).

Questions about Hypoaeolian

What does Hypoaeolian mean?
Hypoaeolian means of or relating to the musical plagal mode on A, which uses the diatonic octave species from E to the E an octave above, divided by the final into a second-species fourth (semitone–tone–tone) plus a first-species fifth (tone–semitone–tone–tone): E F G A + A B C D E.
What part of speech is Hypoaeolian?
Hypoaeolian is an adjective.

Words near Hypoaeolian in the dictionary

  1. hypoadiposity
  2. hypoadrenal
  3. hypoadrenalism
  4. hypoadrenocorticism
  5. hypoadrenocorticoid
  6. Hypoaeolian
  7. hypoaeration
  8. hypoaesthesia
  9. hypoaesthesias
  10. hypoagency
  11. hypoaggregation

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