Complete Definition of "mixolydian"

English
Etymology
Greek μιξο-Λυδιος ‘half-Lydian’, from μιξο- (from base of μιγνυναι ‘to mix’) + Λυδιος (Lydia, an ancient country in Asia Minor, which gave its name to another Greek mode).

Pronunciation
IPA: /mɪksə'lɪdɪən/

Adjective
mixolydian

  1. designating a mode in music, the highest of the ancient Greek modes, and now having final G and D dominant

#:*1922: It is susceptible of nodes or modes as far apart as hyperphrygian and mixolydian — James Joyce, Ulysses

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