Mixolydian Definition

adjective

Designating a mode in music, 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.
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Origin of Mixolydian

  • Ancient Greek μιξο-Λυδιος (mikso-Ludios, “half-Lydian”), from μιξο- (mikso-) (from base of μιγνυναι (mignunai, “to mix”) + Λυδιος (Ludios, “Lydia”), an ancient country in Asia Minor, which gave its name to another Greek mode).

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