hypoaeolian mode

[ hahy-poh-ee-oh-lee-uh n, hahy- ]
/ ˈhaɪ poʊ iˈoʊ li ən, ˌhaɪ- /

noun Music.

a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E, with the final on A.

Origin of hypoaeolian mode

< Late Latin hypoaeoli(us) + -an; see hypo-, Aeolian