TETRACHORD

Meaning of TETRACHORD in English

■ noun Music

1》 a scale of four notes, the interval between the first and last being a perfect fourth.

2》 historical an instrument with four strings.

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TETRACHORD — noun see: yarn Date: 1603 a diatonic series of four tones with an interval of a perfect fourth between the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TETRACHORD — ˈte.trəˌkȯrd, -ȯ(ə)d noun Etymology: Greek tetrachordon unit of four tones, from neuter of tetrachordos four-stringed, from tetra- + -chordos stringed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TETRACHORD — (n.) A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extremes …
Английский словарь Webster
TETRACHORD — ( n. ) A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TETRACHORD — — tetrachordal , adj. /te"treuh kawrd'/ , n. Music. a diatonic series of four tones, the first and last separated …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TETRACHORD — noun Etymology: Greek tetrachordon, from neuter of tetrachordos of four strings, from tetra- + chordē string — more at yarn …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TETRACHORD — noun a scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. these extremes …
Webster English vocab
TETRACHORD — [tet.ra.chord] n [Gk tetrachordon, fr. neut. of tetrachordos of four strings, fr. tetra- + chorde string--more at yarn] (1603): a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TETRACHORD — musical scale of four notes, bounded by the interval of a perfect fourth (an interval the size of two and …
Britannica English vocabulary
TETRACHORD — tetrachord BrE AmE ˈtetr ə kɔːd AmE \ -kɔːrd ▷ tetrachord|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TETRACHORD — n. Mus. 1 a scale-pattern of four notes, the interval between the first and last being a perfect fourth. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TETRACHORD — n. Mus. 1 a scale-pattern of four notes, the interval between the first and last being a perfect fourth. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TETRACHORD — n. Mus. 1. a scale-pattern of four notes, the interval between the first and last being a perfect fourth. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
TETRACHORD — n. ( Mus. ) Diatessaron, fourth.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TETRACHORD — (музыкальное) тетрахорд
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TETRACHORD — Септаккорд
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TETRACHORD — n муз. тетрахорд
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TETRACHORD — (n) тетрахорд
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TETRACHORD — n муз. тетрахорд
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TETRACHORD — n муз. тетрахорд
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TETRACHORD — (музыкальное) тетрахорд
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TETRACHORD — n. Pronunciation: ' te-tr ə - ˌ ko ̇ rd Function: noun Etymology: Greek tetrachordon, from neuter of tetrachordos of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PHRYGIAN TETRACHORD — noun Usage: usually capitalized P : a descending tetrachord in Greek music consisting of a whole step and a half …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LYDIAN TETRACHORD — noun Usage: usually capitalized L : a descending tetrachord in ancient Greek music consisting of a half step followed by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DORIC TETRACHORD — noun Usage: usually capitalized D : dorian tetrachord
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DORIAN TETRACHORD — noun Usage: usually capitalized D in Greek music : a descending tetrachord consisting of two whole steps followed by a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ENHARMONIC — I. |en+ adjective Etymology: French enharmonique, from Middle French enarmonique, enharmonique, modification (influenced by Middle French -ique -ic) of Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHROMATIC — I. krōˈmad.]ik, krə-, -at], ]ēk, attrib also ˈkrōˌm- adjective Etymology: Greek chrōmatikos, from chrōmat-, chrōma skin, color, modification of diatonic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHRYGIAN MODE — noun Usage: usually capitalized P 1. : one of seven diatonic octave species in ancient Greek music consisting of two …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYPOLOCRIAN MODE — “+...- noun Etymology: hypo- + locrian : a plagal ecclesiastical mode consisting of a tetrachord and an upper conjunct pentachord …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIATONIC — in music, originally, one of the three tetrachords basic to ancient Greek theory; more generally, any stepwise arrangement of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
GREEK MUSIC — the music of the ancient Greeks. Scholars have long speculated about the music played in ancient Greece. It is known …
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