What Does Ionian Mean?

The Ionians were one of the four major tribes that the Greeks considered themselves to be divided into during the ancient period; the other three being the Dorians, Aeolians, and Achaeans.

What does Ionian mean in English?

1 : a member of any of the Greek peoples who settled on the islands of the Aegean Sea and the western shore of Asia Minor toward the end of the second millennium b.c. 2 : a native or inhabitant of Ionia.

Why is it called Ionian?

The Ionian mode was named and described by the Swiss humanist Henricus Glareanus in his music treatise Dodecachordon (1547). ... Both the Ionian mode and its plagal (lower-range) form, the Hypoionian mode, had C as their finalis (the tone on which a piece in a given mode ends).

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