tetrachord

[ te-truh-kawrd ]

/ ˈtɛ trəˌkɔrd /

noun Music.

a diatonic series of four tones, the first and last separated by a perfect fourth.

Origin of tetrachord

First recorded in 1595–1605, tetrachord is from the Greek word tetráchordos having four strings. See tetra-, chord¹

OTHER WORDS FROM tetrachord

tet·ra·chor·dal, adjective

Words nearby tetrachord

tetracene, tetrachloride, tetrachloroethane, tetrachloroethylene, tetrachloromethane, tetrachord, tetracid, tetracoccus, tetracosactide, tetracrotic, tetracyclic

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Example sentences from the Web for tetrachord

Thus it appears that it was Didymus, and not Ptolemy, who proposed the tuning of the tetrachord which is now accepted as correct.
A Popular History of the Art of Music|W. S. B. Mathews
In ancient language, the tetrachord Synmmenn (a-b♭-c-d) takes the place of the tetrachord Diezeugmenn.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
In this case, as the pyknon forms the lower part of a tetrachord, there are two possibilities.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
Along with this change we have to note the comparative disuse of the Enharmonic and Chromatic divisions of the tetrachord.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro

In practice it appears that musicians tuned the tetrachord b-e of this scale with the Pythagorean two Major tones and leimma.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro

British Dictionary definitions for tetrachord

tetrachord

/ (ˈtɛtrəˌkɔːd) /

noun

(in musical theory, esp of classical Greece) any of several groups of four notes in descending order, in which the first and last notes form a perfect fourth

Derived forms of tetrachord

tetrachordal, adjective

Word Origin for tetrachord

C17: from Greek tetrakhordos four-stringed, from tetra- + khordē a string

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单词	tetrachord
释义	tetrachord [ te-truh-kawrd ] / ˈtɛ trəˌkɔrd / noun Music. a diatonic series of four tones, the first and last separated by a perfect fourth. Origin of tetrachord First recorded in 1595–1605, tetrachord is from the Greek word tetráchordos having four strings. See tetra-, chord¹ OTHER WORDS FROM tetrachord tet·ra·chor·dal, adjective Words nearby tetrachord tetracene, tetrachloride, tetrachloroethane, tetrachloroethylene, tetrachloromethane, tetrachord, tetracid, tetracoccus, tetracosactide, tetracrotic, tetracyclic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tetrachord Thus it appears that it was Didymus, and not Ptolemy, who proposed the tuning of the tetrachord which is now accepted as correct. A Popular History of the Art of Music\|W. S. B. Mathews In ancient language, the tetrachord Synmmenn (a-b♭-c-d) takes the place of the tetrachord Diezeugmenn. The Modes of Ancient Greek Music\|David Binning Monro In this case, as the pyknon forms the lower part of a tetrachord, there are two possibilities. The Modes of Ancient Greek Music\|David Binning Monro Along with this change we have to note the comparative disuse of the Enharmonic and Chromatic divisions of the tetrachord. The Modes of Ancient Greek Music\|David Binning Monro In practice it appears that musicians tuned the tetrachord b-e of this scale with the Pythagorean two Major tones and leimma. The Modes of Ancient Greek Music\|David Binning Monro British Dictionary definitions for tetrachord tetrachord / (ˈtɛtrəˌkɔːd) / noun (in musical theory, esp of classical Greece) any of several groups of four notes in descending order, in which the first and last notes form a perfect fourth Derived forms of tetrachord tetrachordal, adjective Word Origin for tetrachord C17: from Greek tetrakhordos four-stringed, from tetra- + khordē a string Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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