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Meaning of Locrian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
/ˈləʊkɹiən/

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Locris.
    not-comparable
  2. Designating an ancient Greek mode, of uncertain detail.
    not-comparable
  3. Designating a minor scale with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered by a semitone.
    not-comparable

Examples

“scattered piano keys (all white, an octave on B to be exact—or H, in the German nomenclature—the notes of the rejected Locrian mode”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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