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hypoaeolian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-poae-o-lian
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the musical plagal mode on A, which uses the diatonic octave species from E to the E an octave above, divided by the final into a second-species fourth (semitone–tone–tone) plus a first-species fifth (tone–semitone–tone–tone): E F G A + A B C D E.

Etymology

From hypo- + aeolian, coined by Henricus Glareanus (1547).

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does hypoaeolian mean?
Of or relating to the musical plagal mode on A, which uses the diatonic octave species from E to the E an octave above, divided by the final into a second-species fourth (semitone–tone–tone) plus a first-species fifth (tone–semitone–tone–tone): E F G A + A B C D E.
Where does hypoaeolian come from?
From hypo- + aeolian, coined by Henricus Glareanus (1547).

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