Locrian

Locrian
adjective /ˈləʊkɹɪən/
a) pertaining to the ancient Greek region of

, 1973: scattered piano keys (all white, an octave on B to be exact—or H, in the German nomenclature—the notes of the rejected Locrian mode) — Thomas Pynchon, Gravitys Rainbow

b) designating an ancient Greek mode, of uncertain detail

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