Definition of Heptachord. Meaning of Heptachord. Synonyms of Heptachord

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Definition of Heptachord

Heptachord
Heptachord Hep"ta*chord, n. [Gr. "epta`xordos seven-stringed; "epta` seven + xordh` chord: cf. F. heptacorde. See Seven, and Chord.] 1. (Anc. Mus.) (a) A system of seven sounds. (b) A lyre with seven chords. 2. (Anc. Poet.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Meaning of Heptachord from wikipedia

- tetrachords (or tetrads), pentachords (or pentads), hexachords (or hexads), heptachords (heptads or, sometimes, mixing Latin and Gr**** roots, "septachords")...
- 3 Triad Trichord 4 Tetrad Tetrachord 5 Pentad Pentachord 6 Hexad Hexachord 7 Heptad Heptachord 8 Octad Octachord 9 Ennead Nonachord 10 Decad Decachord...
- hepatotoxic, hepatotoxin, hepatotropic hept- seven Gr**** ἑπτά (heptá) heptachord, heptagon, heptagram, heptagraph, heptahedron, heptamer, heptameric, heptameter...
- started influencing Korean music, as pentatony was gradually replaced by heptachords and po****r songs started to be modeled after American ones. In the 1960s...
- dictionary. Heptad ('group of 7') or heptade may refer to: Heptad (chord), heptachord in music (set) Heptad (computing), a group of 7 bits in computing Heptad...
- hepatotoxic, hepatotoxin, hepatotropic hept- seven Gr**** ἑπτά (heptá) heptachord, heptagon, heptagram, heptagraph, heptahedron, heptamer, heptameric, heptameter...
- Vuillaume made one on a new model in 1827, exhibited in the same year as the "Heptachord". The po****r verdict was, however, not in favour of this revival of the...
- tetrachords (or tetrads), pentachords (or pentads), hexachords (or hexads), heptachords (heptads or, sometimes, mixing Latin and Gr**** roots, "septachords"—e...
- with a “floating” 7th string typically tuned to D or C called the Lacôte Heptachord. Tonally this invention created more depth when pla**** as the floating...
- instruments: 1. an ascending fifth and a descending fourth are used; 2. the heptachord is a limit not to be exceeded in the alternating process. Hence the alternation...