Definition of Hexachords. Meaning of Hexachords. Synonyms of Hexachords

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Definition of Hexachords

Hexachord
Hexachord Hex"a*chord, n. [Hexa- + Gr. ? string, chord: cf. F. hexacorde.] (Mus.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.

Meaning of Hexachords from wikipedia

- durum (hard hexachord), because the B♮ was represented by a squared-off, or "hard" B. Starting in the 14th century, these three hexachords were extended...
- P-0/I-5 to create "two aggregates, between the first hexachords of each, and the second hexachords of each, respectively." Combinatoriality is a side effect...
- of hexachords each may be referred to as a Z-hexachord. Any hexachord not of the "Z" type is its own complement while the complement of a Z-hexachord is...
- teaching his hexachord. The Guidonian hand is closely linked with Guido's new ideas about how to learn music, including the use of hexachords, and the first...
- twelve-tone sets consisting of all-trichord hexachords in his Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei. All-combinatorial hexachord All-interval tetrachord All-interval...
- treble clef), performers had to invoke "fictive" hexachords to sing pitches such as F♯ or E♭. Hexachords normally were formed only on C, F, and G, and the...
- combination of hexachords which complete the full chromatic. Schoenberg's Concerto for Violin Hexachord invariance. The last hexachord of P0 (C–C♯–G–A♭–D–F)...
- The Sacher hexachord (6-Z11, musical cryptogram on the name of Swiss conductor Paul Sacher) is a hexachord notable for its use in a set of twelve compositions...
- such as with hexachords. A "secondary set" is a tone row which is derived from or, "results from the reversed coupling of hexachords", when a given...
- transposition. Thus many composers have used one of the "almost whole-tone" hexachords, whose "individual structural differences can be seen to result only from...