Hypolydian

/ ˌhaɪpəˈlɪdɪən /

adjective

1. music denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D Compare Lydian Hypo-

Example Sentences

There are 8 recognizable notes in the Diatonic Hypolydian key of Alypius.

From Project Gutenberg

The octave in this scale from the second note, C to C, coincides exactly with the Lydian mode, and was called the Lydian octave; from the third note, D, up to its octave gives the Phrygian; from the fourth note, E, the Dorian; from the fifth, F, the Hypolydian; from the sixth, G, the Hypophrygian; and from the seventh, A, the Æolian or Hypodorian octave.

From Project Gutenberg

His Dorian is what the ancients called Phrygian, dominant, A; his Phrygian was the ancient Dorian, dominant, C; his Lydian corresponded to the old Hypolydian, dominant, C; and his Mixolydian to the old Hypophrygian, dominant, D. These modes were accepted by the church and were called the Authentic modes.

From Project Gutenberg

C E Now all these lower, or derived modes, Hypodorian, Hypophrygian, Hypolydian, etc., received the name Plagal modes, because there was but one tonic or keynote in the scale; consequently a melody starting on any degree of the scale would invariably return to the same tonic or keynote.

From Project Gutenberg

Aristoxenus denies the identity, and says that the Hypodorian was a semitone below the Dorian or Hypolydian.

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