pentachordn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛntəkɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈpɛn(t)əˌkɔrd/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin pentachordum; Greek πεντάχορδον.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pentachordum scale of five notes (5th cent.) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek πεντάχορδον scale of five notes, instrument with five strings, use as noun of neuter of πεντάχορδος having five strings < ancient Greek πεντα- penta- comb. form + χορδή chord n.¹ Compare Italian pentacordo musical instrument with five strings (1556), scale of five notes (1581), French †pentachorde, pentacorde scale of five notes (1705), musical instrument with five strings (1721).

Music.

†a. The interval of a fifth. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > fifth

fifth1597

pentachord1694

quint1757

1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony iv. 86 5th. Diapente. Pentachord.

b. A system or scale-series of five notes. Cf. tetrachord n. 2a.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > other scales

hendecachord1761

pentachord1786

Scotch scale1786

maqam1793

pelog1817

harmonic scale1880

whole-tone scale1900

pentatonic1909

harmonic series1910

blues scale1939

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Pentachord,..among the ancients, sometimes signified..an order, or system, of five sounds.

1851 Encycl. Americana IX. 109/1 He wrote a great number of treatises on music,..and extended the scale to eighteen chords, which were divided according to tetrachords and pentachords.

1880 W. S. Rockstro in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 341 Each of these [ecclesiastical] Modes is divisible into two members, a Pentachord, and a Tetrachord.

1907 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 20 23 Some Oriental scales are not founded on the octave, but on the system of ‘fifths’. Two pentachords are united.

2003 Music Mag. 1 Apr. 110 Persian music is not based on any kind of octave scale,..notes are grouped into melodic configurations no greater than a pentachord.

2. Any of various musical instruments with five strings. Now chiefly historical.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > specific number of strings

decachord?1567

quadrichord1585

decachordon1602

tetrachord1603

pentachord1721

heptachord1765

monochord1771

dichord1776

trichord1776

octachord1786

hendecachord1794

tone-measurer-

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Pentachord, any musical instrument that has five strings.

1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. II. xiii. 629 Pentachord, strung with ox leather, and touched by a goat's foot.

1872 Chambers Encycl. III. 793/1 Nor had the Egyptians attained less eminence in the art of music, the harp and the flute appearing in use as early as the 4th, and heptachord and pentachord lyres as early as the 12th dynasty.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 39/2 He gave a concert of his own compositions..performing on various instruments, one of which, the pentachord, was newly invented.

1959 G. Vernadsky Orig. of Russia iv. 157 Julius Polydeuces..ascribes to the Scythians the invention of the pentachord.

2001 New Grove Dict. Music (Online ed.) at Abel, Carl Friedrich Abel demonstrated his versatility by performing on the bass viol, the harpsichord, and Sir Edward Walpole's newly invented pentachord.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pentachord
释义	pentachordn. Brit. /ˈpɛntəkɔːd/, U.S. /ˈpɛn(t)əˌkɔrd/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin pentachordum; Greek πεντάχορδον. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pentachordum scale of five notes (5th cent.) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek πεντάχορδον scale of five notes, instrument with five strings, use as noun of neuter of πεντάχορδος having five strings < ancient Greek πεντα- penta- comb. form + χορδή chord n.¹ Compare Italian pentacordo musical instrument with five strings (1556), scale of five notes (1581), French †pentachorde, pentacorde scale of five notes (1705), musical instrument with five strings (1721). Music. 1. †a. The interval of a fifth. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > fifth fifth1597 pentachord1694 quint1757 1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony iv. 86 5th. Diapente. Pentachord. b. A system or scale-series of five notes. Cf. tetrachord n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > other scales hendecachord1761 pentachord1786 Scotch scale1786 maqam1793 pelog1817 harmonic scale1880 whole-tone scale1900 pentatonic1909 harmonic series1910 blues scale1939 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Pentachord,..among the ancients, sometimes signified..an order, or system, of five sounds. 1851 Encycl. Americana IX. 109/1 He wrote a great number of treatises on music,..and extended the scale to eighteen chords, which were divided according to tetrachords and pentachords. 1880 W. S. Rockstro in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 341 Each of these [ecclesiastical] Modes is divisible into two members, a Pentachord, and a Tetrachord. 1907 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 20 23 Some Oriental scales are not founded on the octave, but on the system of ‘fifths’. Two pentachords are united. 2003 Music Mag. 1 Apr. 110 Persian music is not based on any kind of octave scale,..notes are grouped into melodic configurations no greater than a pentachord. 2. Any of various musical instruments with five strings. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > specific number of strings decachord?1567 quadrichord1585 decachordon1602 tetrachord1603 pentachord1721 heptachord1765 monochord1771 dichord1776 trichord1776 octachord1786 hendecachord1794 tone-measurer- 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Pentachord, any musical instrument that has five strings. 1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. II. xiii. 629 Pentachord, strung with ox leather, and touched by a goat's foot. 1872 Chambers Encycl. III. 793/1 Nor had the Egyptians attained less eminence in the art of music, the harp and the flute appearing in use as early as the 4th, and heptachord and pentachord lyres as early as the 12th dynasty. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 39/2 He gave a concert of his own compositions..performing on various instruments, one of which, the pentachord, was newly invented. 1959 G. Vernadsky Orig. of Russia iv. 157 Julius Polydeuces..ascribes to the Scythians the invention of the pentachord. 2001 New Grove Dict. Music (Online ed.) at Abel, Carl Friedrich Abel demonstrated his versatility by performing on the bass viol, the harpsichord, and Sir Edward Walpole's newly invented pentachord. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1694
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