Mixolydian

It was instantly clear to me that Cobain, who had duct tape on his guitar neck and probably thought the Mixolydian was a brand of food processor, was going to annihilate the universe we had known.

Rush: a fan’s notes - Colby Cosh - Macleans.ca 2010

Some of them make men sad and grave, like the so-called Mixolydian, others enfeeble the mind, like the relaxed modes, another, again, produces a moderate and settled temper, which appears to be the peculiar effect of the Dorian; the

Politics Aristotle 2002

If we consider this new scale from octave to octave, commencing with the lowest note, that is to say from B to B, we find that it coincides exactly with the Mixolydian mode; therefore this was called the Mixolydian octave.

Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884

Arabic influence may have some part in the genesis of the songs, although the tonality of the Cantigas (mainly Dorian and Mixolydian modes) and basic structure are European; the virelai serves as the basic form, already in use with the Latin conductus, and divided into refrain – mudanza – vuelta – refrain (AA-bb-aa-AA, as in N.º 361).

Archive 2009-07-01 Lu 2009

From Mixolydian Mode comes a link to Escher's "Ascending and Descending" in LEGO®.

Wow! 2006

Unable to resist a good quote, as my side-bar indicates, I was also unable to resist this latest meme from Mixolydian Mode:Go here, to the Random Quotations page, and look through random quotes until you find five that you think:

Quote Meme 2006

Lydian, and Mixolydian, the plagals being indicated by the prefix

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

One might point out, at random, the derivation from the seventh of the ecclesiastical modes (the Mixolydian) of the phrase in the accompaniment to Arkël's words in the final scene,

Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score Lawrence Gilman 1908

By taking the lowest note of the Mixolydian, B, and forming a

Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884

The Mixolydian, which was Sappho's mode, was the mode for sentiment and passion.

Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884