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Meaning of "mixolydian" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MIXOLYDIAN

From Greek mixoludios half-Lydian.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MIXOLYDIAN

mixolydian  [ˌmɪksəʊˈlɪdɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MIXOLYDIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mixolydian is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MIXOLYDIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mixolydian mode

Mixolydian mode may refer to one of three things: the name applied to one of the ancient Greek harmoniai or tonoi, based on a particular octave species or scale; one of the medieval church modes; a modern musical mode or diatonic scale, related to the medieval mode. This mode is known as Harikambhoji in Carnatic music, the classical music form of southern India.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MIXOLYDIAN


Acadian
əˈkeɪdɪən
Barbadian
bɑːˈbeɪdɪən
Canadian
kəˈneɪdɪən
circadian
sɜːˈkeɪdɪən
Euclidean
juːˈklɪdɪən
Euclidian
juːˈklɪdɪən
Floridian
flɒˈrɪdɪən
French-Canadian
ˌfrɛntʃkəˈneɪdɪən
Freudian
ˈfrɔɪdɪən
Gideon
ˈɡɪdɪən
Grenadian
ɡrɛˈneɪdɪən
hyperlydian
ˌhaɪpəˈlɪdɪən
Hypolydian
ˌhaɪpəˈlɪdɪən
hypomixolydian
ˌhaɪpəʊˌmɪksəʊˈlɪdɪən
Lydian
ˈlɪdɪən
meridian
məˈrɪdɪən
obsidian
ɒbˈsɪdɪən
ophidian
əʊˈfɪdɪən
radian
ˈreɪdɪən
viridian
vɪˈrɪdɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MIXOLYDIAN

mixen
mixer
mixer tap
mixible
mixing
mixing bowl
mixing desk
mixing faucet
mixmaster
mixobarbaric
mixologist
mixology
mixotrophic
mixte
Mixtec
Mixtecan
mixter-maxter
mixtion
mixture
mixy

WORDS THAT END LIKE MIXOLYDIAN

American Indian
Arcadian
Bermudian
Burgundian
Burundian
Cambodian
comedian
custodian
East Indian
Edwardian
English Canadian
French Canadian
guardian
Indian
Indo-Canadian
mean deviation from the median
median
Plains Indian
Trinidadian
West Indian

Synonyms and antonyms of mixolydian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mixolydian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MIXOLYDIAN

Find out the translation of mixolydian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mixolydian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mixolydian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

米索利地安调
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mixolydian
570 millions of speakers

English

mixolydian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Mixolydian
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mixolydian
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Миксолидийский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mixolídio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mixolydian
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mixolydian
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mixolydian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mixolydischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ミクソリディアン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mixolydian
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mixolydian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mixolydian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mixolydian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिक्सॉलिडियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mixolydian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

misolidia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mixolydian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

міксолідійський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mixolydian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Mixolydian
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mixolydian
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Mixolydisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mixolydian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mixolydian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MIXOLYDIAN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MIXOLYDIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mixolydian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIXOLYDIAN»

Discover the use of mixolydian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mixolydian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Complete Acoustic Guitar Method: Mastering Acoustic Guitar
I- Q. LESSON 4: IMPROVISING IN THE MIXOLYDIAN MODE (THE JERRY GARCIA EFFECT) The Mixolydian mode is a versatile and fun scale to use for improvisation. It is the natural choice to use with a Mixolydian progression. It can also be ...
Horne, Greg
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The Songwriter's Workshop: Harmony
Mixolydian-Key Power Progressions These are the most common Mixolydian-key power progressions, with some hit songs that use them. (Note: All progressions are presented in the key of C Mixoloydian.) I C t>vn Bt. "Paperback Writer" [G ...
Jonathan Feist, 2005
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Complete Acoustic Guitar Method: Mastering Acoustic Guitar, ...
The Mixolydian mode is a versatile and fun scale to use for improvisation. It is the natural choice to use with a Mixolydian progression. It can also be used over a major progression to add a touch of bluesy tension (the 7 of the Mixolydian ...
Greg Horne, 2000
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Jazz Piano Vocabulary: The Mixolydian Mode
Introduction. To. The. Mixolydian. Mode. The modes that developed in Europe during the Medieval period are surprisingly useful in jazz improvisation. These modes are sometimes known as the "Church modes" because they evolved through ...
Roberta Piket, 2004
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Everything About Playing the Blues
His unique style of blues comes from his uncanny ability to weave his musical lines in and out of the Blues minor penatonic scale and the Mixolydian major scale. This combination provides a scale that contains the root, second/ninth, fourth, ...
Wilbur M. Savidge, Randy Lee Vradenburg, 2002
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The Big Book of Jazz Guitar Improvisation
THE MIXOLYDIAN MODE Mixolydian is the fifth mode of the major scale and, like Dorian, it is one of the most popular and useful modes of all the harmonic systems. Mixolydian is the chord scale of choice for the unaltered dominant 7th chord.
Mark Dziuba, 2003
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Bach's Modal Chorales
The Mixolydian Mode I will begin with a traditional Mixolydian chorale melody, " Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ." Schenker's discussion of the melody in Kontrapunkt I (1910) illuminates an important problem which arises when the tonal analyst ...
Lori Burns, 1995
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Play Acoustic: A Complete Guide to Mastering Acoustic Guitar ...
When playing over dominant chords, Django relied heavily on the Mixolydian mode, seen in exercise 7. The Mixolydian mode differs from the major scale in that its seventh scale degree is a semitone lower. The flattened seventh (the note F in ...
Dave Hunter, 2005
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The Musical Quarterly
follows the tonal sequence of the Mixolydian species of the octave, while the final cadence is observed to lie within the range of the tones corresponding in pitch value to the Dorian subdominant, and the octave of its tonic. Clearly, then, the ...
Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, 1919
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Beginning Blues Bass
The Mixolydian mode is the fifth mode of the major scale. For example, a C Major scale played starting and ending on G, its fifth note, is the G Mixolydian mode. The Mixolydian mode can also be thought of as a major scale with a 7. Because it  ...
David Overthrow, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIXOLYDIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mixolydian is used in the context of the following news items.
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Classical Intoxication
... properly be regarded as lyrics—and she was considered by the ancients to be the inventor of the plectrum—roughly, a guitar pick—and the Mixolydian mode. «The Weekly Standard, Jul 15»
2
The Art of the Book - An Interview with David Pascoe of Nawakum …
Richard Wagener of Mixolydian Editions, a friend and marvelous wood engraver, asked me to look at some of his new work a while back. It was a departure from ... «ILAB, Jul 15»
3
The Grateful Dead, 'Truckin' Into The Sunset
With their late guitarist Jerry Garcia's one-of-a-kind riffing, boldly melding mixolydian and blues scales, the band crafted its own genre. «South Carolina ETV Radio, Jul 15»
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Fan: Broken bat hitting woman in Boston was "violent"
D-sharp mixolydian 5ptsFeatured June 6, 2015 8:8AM. Baseball bats have no place in a civilized society! #banthebat. Share. 1LikeReply. «CBS News, Jun 15»
5
Joe Bonamassa Dazzles in Seattle
... mixolydian magic to his vocabulary until it ends up being entirely his own thing, utterly original yet steeped in the tradition from which it came. «SMI, May 15»
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BB King dies: Generations of guitarists used 'BB Box' to learn how to …
... licks, they can shred, tap and whammy-bar to their heart's content, and they can play scales in Ionian, Dorian, Lydian and Mixolydian modes. «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
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Forest Management's Sharper Focus EP
Towards the end, there are organ drones that turn into a dominant 7th chord, later adding the 6th—hinting at a mixolydian modality. While there ... «Brooklyn Rail, May 15»
8
The best rock bands of the '00s, from Arcade Fire to Zwan
... practicing the mixolydian scale. But soon enough, caring became cool again, and Grizzly Bear was earning fans from Jonny Greenwood to ... «A.V. Club, Apr 15»
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Forensic analysis finds 'Blurred Lines' case not so clear
Thicke's bass notes are all taken from the mixolydian mode; the Gaye bassline is based around the pentatonic minor scale,” Bennett notes in ... «Science News, Apr 15»
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Shoreworld: Mad Feather Group – 'King Like-Ness' – Brotherly Love …
“Lightening Paper” confirms the positioning of this diversified disc. Orbital guitars shuttle across the stratospheric Mixolydian range of this song, ... «Aquarian Weekly, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mixolydian [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mixolydian>. Apr 2024 ».
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