TETRACHORD

Etymology

Noun

tetrachord (plural tetrachords)

(music) Any set of four different pitch classes.

(music) A series of four sounds, forming a scale of two-and-a-half tones.

Source: Wiktionary


Tet"ra*chord, n. Etym: [L. tetrachordon, Gr. Tetra-) + tétrachorde.] (Anc. Mus.)

Definition: A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds were changeable.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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