Hypodorian mode
noun
Hy·po·dorian mode
1
: an ancient Greek mode represented on the white keys of the piano by a descending diatonic scale from A to A
called also Locrian mode
see greek mode2
: a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of the piano by an ascending diatonic scale from A to A with F as its tenor (see tenor entry 1 sense 2a)and D as its final (see final entry 2 sense c) see church mode illustration
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin hypodorius hypodorian (from Greek hypodōrios, from hypo- + Dōrios Dorian) + English -an; hypodorian mode, translation of Greek hypodōria harmonia
First Known Use
1694, in the meaning defined at sense 1