Hypolocrian mode

noun

Hy·​po·​locrian mode

"+…-

: a hypothetical Renaissance church mode represented as a scale from F to F on the white keys of the piano with E as its tenor (see tenor entry 1 sense 2a)and B as its final (see final entry 2 sense c) see church mode illustration

Word History

Etymology

hypo- + locrian

First Known Use

circa 1903, in the meaning defined above

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