hexachordn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛksəkɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈhɛksəˌkɔrd/

Etymology: < late Greek ἑξάχορδος, < ἑξα- hexa- comb. form + χορδή string, chord n.¹ Compare French hexacorde.

Music.

1. A diatonic series or scale of six notes, having a semitone between the third and fourth.Adopted instead of the ancient tetrachord n. as the unit of analysis, in the scheme attributed to Guido d'Arezzo (11th cent.), in which all recognized notes were distributed among seven hexachords; see gamut n.

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hexachord1730

1730 Short Treat. Harmony 76 It is by Canons and Fugues that we may be sensible of the Error of those, that reject the Hexachords as Useless.

1854 J. S. Bushnan in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. (c1865) I. 289/2 A plaintive melody, consisting of an ascending and descending scale of the hexachord.

1880 W. S. Rockstro in Grove Dict. Music I. 735 We look down upon his [Guido's] Hexachords from the perfection of the Octave. He looked up to them from the shortcomings of the Tetrachord.

†2. The interval of a sixth. Obsolete.

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sixth1597

hexachord1694

sices1737

sext1876

1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony viii. 192 Hexachord, Major, and Minor.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Hexachord, in the antient Music, a Concord commonly called by the Moderns, a Sixth... The Hexachord is two-fold, Greater and Lesser.

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3. ‘A musical instrument with six strings’ (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hexachord
释义	hexachordn. Brit. /ˈhɛksəkɔːd/, U.S. /ˈhɛksəˌkɔrd/ Etymology: < late Greek ἑξάχορδος, < ἑξα- hexa- comb. form + χορδή string, chord n.¹ Compare French hexacorde. Music. 1. A diatonic series or scale of six notes, having a semitone between the third and fourth.Adopted instead of the ancient tetrachord n. as the unit of analysis, in the scheme attributed to Guido d'Arezzo (11th cent.), in which all recognized notes were distributed among seven hexachords; see gamut n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > hexachord hexachord1730 1730 Short Treat. Harmony 76 It is by Canons and Fugues that we may be sensible of the Error of those, that reject the Hexachords as Useless. 1854 J. S. Bushnan in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. (c1865) I. 289/2 A plaintive melody, consisting of an ascending and descending scale of the hexachord. 1880 W. S. Rockstro in Grove Dict. Music I. 735 We look down upon his [Guido's] Hexachords from the perfection of the Octave. He looked up to them from the shortcomings of the Tetrachord. †2. The interval of a sixth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > sixth sixth1597 hexachord1694 sices1737 sext1876 1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony viii. 192 Hexachord, Major, and Minor. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Hexachord, in the antient Music, a Concord commonly called by the Moderns, a Sixth... The Hexachord is two-fold, Greater and Lesser. Categories » 3. ‘A musical instrument with six strings’ (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1694
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