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tetrachord
[ te-truh-kawrd ]
/ ˈtɛ trəˌkɔrd /
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noun Music.
a diatonic series of four tones, the first and last separated by a perfect fourth.
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Origin of tetrachord
OTHER WORDS FROM tetrachord
tet·ra·chor·dal, adjectiveWords nearby tetrachord
tetracaine, tetracene, tetrachloride, tetrachloroethylene, tetrachloromethane, tetrachord, tetracid, tetracoccus, tetracyclic, tetracycline, Tetracyn
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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, adjectiveWord Origin for tetrachord
C17: from Greek tetrakhordos four-stringed, from tetra- + khordē a string
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