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Meaning of Mixolydian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
/ˌmɪk.səˈlɪ.di.jən/

Definitions

Designating the Mixolydian mode, the highest of the ancient Greek modes, and now having final G and D dominant.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Deutsch mixolydisch

Examples

“Johann Jakob Froberger's piece Canzona V in G is in the mixolydian mode.”
“It is susceptible of nodes or modes as far apart as hyperphrygian and mixolydian and of texts so divergent as priests haihooping round David's that is Circe's or what am I saying Ceres' altar and David's tip from the stable to his chief bassoonist about the alrightiness of his almightiness.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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