| 释义 | lydian mode noun
 Usage: usually capitalized L
 Etymology: translation of Greek harmonia lydia
 1.  : a Greek mode consisting of two disjunct tetrachords represented on the white keys of the piano by a descending diatonic scale from C to C — see greek mode illustration
 2. [translation of Medieval Latin modus Lydius]  : an authentic ecclesiastical mode represented on the white keys of the piano by an ascending diatonic scale from F to F — see mode illustration
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