phrygian

Speech parts

1. phrygian - Noun

2. phrygian - Adjective

3. Phrygian - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants.

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I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary. Victor Hugo

An example is Scarlatti's use of the Phrygian mode and other tonal inflections more or less alien to European art music. Source: Internet

Anatolia * Cybele : Her Hittite name was Kubaba, but her name changed to Cybele in Phrygian and Roman culture. Source: Internet

Bad roads resembling an empty field leading to the Phrygian Valley in Eskişehir and the insufficiency of direction signs, which are already broken, are the major downsides of the region, repelling visitors from coming to the region. Source: Internet

In Phrygian tradition, King Midas was venerated as the founder of Ancyra, but Pausanias mentions that the city was actually far older, which accords with present archaeological knowledge. Source: Internet

If the final is approached from below, then the leading tone must be raised in a minor key (Dorian, Hypodorian, Aeolian, Hypoaeolian), but not in Phrygian or Hypophrygian mode. Source: Internet

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