Mixolydian

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪksəˈlɪdɪən/

Adjective

Mixolydian (not comparable)

(music) designating the Mixolydian mode, the highest of the ancient Greek modes, and now having final G and D dominant
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
  It is susceptible of nodes or modes as far apart as hyperphrygian and mixolydian
Johann Jakob Froberger's piece Canzona V in G is in the mixolydian mode.

Translations

designating a mode in music having final G and D dominant

Finnish: miksolyydinen (fi)
Italian: misolidio

Portuguese: mixolídio

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