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Mixolydian mode

Mixolydian mode noun: a mode whose scale is the same as a major key with the seventh scale degree lowered by one half step, with the interval pattern.

Noun

Mixolydian mode (uncountable)

  1. A mode whose scale is the same as a major key with the seventh scale degree lowered by one half step, with the interval pattern
    • tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - semitone - tone.
    • Starting on the note C, this produces a scale with the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B♭, C.

Questions about Mixolydian mode

What does Mixolydian mode mean?
Mixolydian mode means a mode whose scale is the same as a major key with the seventh scale degree lowered by one half step, with the interval pattern.
What part of speech is Mixolydian mode?
Mixolydian mode is a noun.

Words near Mixolydian mode in the dictionary

  1. mixologies
  2. mixologist
  3. mixologists
  4. mixology
  5. mixolydian
  6. Mixolydian mode
  7. mixomycetophagous
  8. mixomycetophagy
  9. Mixon
  10. Mixons
  11. mixopapillary

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