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- adjective Of or relating to a
musical mode ordiatonic scale inmedieval chant theory , the fourth mode of church music and theplagal counterpart of the authentic third mode, orPhrygian .
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For future reference, the Phrygian mode has that distinctive minor 2nd, and should not be confused with the “Hypophrygian” plagal mode.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Music theory for the masses 2003
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Hypophrygian, [G: c (e ') b'] dominant, A. Hypolydian, [G: c '(f') c ''] dominant, A. Hypo-mixolydian, [G: d '(g') d ''] dominant, C.
Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884
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In the Hypophrygian, the semitones occur between the third and fourth, and sixth and seventh degrees:
Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884
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G, the Hypophrygian; and from the seventh, A, the Aeolian or Hypodorian octave.
Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884
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Four more modes were modified versions of these, adding the prefix "hypo" (i.e. "Hypophrygian").
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Four more modes were modified versions of these, adding the prefix "hypo" (i.e. "Hypophrygian").
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Four more modes were modified versions of these, adding the prefix "hypo" (i.e. "Hypophrygian").
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Four more modes were modified versions of these, adding the prefix "hypo" (i.e. "Hypophrygian").
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