Used for hundreds of years as the basis of plainsong in the Roman Catholic Church, the eight church musical modes consist of four "authentic modes":

Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian

and four "plagal modes":

Hypodorian
Hypophrygian
Hypolydian
Hypomixolydian

that are counterparts of the authentic modes (hence, the prefix "hypo"). They are seven different sequences of tone (T) and semi-tone (S) intervals between their eight notes (ignoring the modern addition of sharps and flats). The eighth mode is the Hypomixolydian mode. Its pattern of intervals is identical to that displayed by the Dorian mode, differing in what notes are the finalis (ending note for a musical composition) and the dominant (reciting note). The cycle of generation of the modes/scales that starts with the Dorian mode and ends with the Hypolydian repeats itself with the Hypomixolydian mode.

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