Mixolydian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪksəˈlɪdɪən/

Origin

Ancient 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).

Full definition of mixolydian

Adjective

1. designating a mode in music, the highest of the ancient Greek modes, and now having final G and D dominant
• 1922, James Joyce, UlyssesIt is susceptible of nodes or modes as far apart as hyperphrygian and mixolydian
2. Johann Jakob Froberger's piece Canzona V in G is in the mixolydian mode.