HEXACHORD

Meaning of HEXACHORD in English

/hek"seuh kawrd'/ , n. Music.

a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.

[ 1685-95; hexáchordos having six strings. See HEXA-, CHORD 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HEXACHORD — noun see: yarn Date: 1730 a diatonic series of six tones having a semitone between the third and fourth tones
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HEXACHORD — (Greek; " six strings ") In music, a group of six tones in a specified pattern, specifically the interval pattern …
Английский словарь Британика
HEXACHORD — ˈheksəˌkȯrd, -ȯ(ə)d noun Etymology: hexa- + -chord 1. : a diatonic series of six tones having a semitone between the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEXACHORD — (n.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.
Английский словарь Webster
HEXACHORD — ( n. ) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HEXACHORD — n. medieval musical scale made up of six whole tone notes and one semitone note in the middle of the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HEXACHORD — noun Etymology: hexa- + Greek chordē string — more at yarn Date: 1730 : a diatonic series of six tones …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEXACHORD — noun a series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.
Webster English vocab
HEXACHORD — [ 'hɛksəkɔ:d ] ■ noun a musical scale of six notes with a semitone between the third and fourth.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HEXACHORD — [hexa.chord] n [hexa- + Gk chorde string--more at yarn] (1730): a diatonic series of six tones having a semitone between …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEXACHORD — in music, six-note pattern corresponding to the first six tones of the major scale (as, C-D-E-F-G-A). The names of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
HEXACHORD — n. a diatonic series of six notes with a semitone between the third and fourth, used at three different pitches …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEXACHORD — n. a diatonic series of six notes with a semitone between the third and fourth, used at three different pitches …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEXACHORD — n. a diatonic series of six notes with a semitone between the third and fourth, used at three different pitches …
Oxford English vocab
HEXACHORD — n. (Greek; " six strings ") In music, a group of six tones in a specified pattern, specifically the interval …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HEXACHORD — (музыкальное) гексахорд
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HEXACHORD — n муз. гексахорд
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HEXACHORD — (n) гексахорд
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HEXACHORD — n муз. гексахорд
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HEXACHORD — n муз. гексахорд
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HEXACHORD — (музыкальное) гексахорд
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HEXACHORD — n. Pronunciation: ' hek-s ə - ˌ ko ̇ rd Function: noun Etymology: hexa- + Greek chord ē string ― …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NATURAL HEXACHORD — noun : the hexachord beginning on C
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEXACHORDO — hexa·chordo n [Medieval Mus.] hexachord
Interlingua English vocab
HEXACHORDIO — hexa·chordio n hexachord (= variety of musical instrument having six strings)
Interlingua English vocab
SOLMIZATION — or solfeggio System of designating musical notes by syllable names. It may have been invented by the 11th-century Italian monk …
Английский словарь Британика
GUIDO D'AREZZO — born с 990, Arezzo? died 1050, Avellana? Italian music theorist. A Benedictine monk charged with training the choristers in the …
Английский словарь Британика
HEXACHORDIC — adjective see hexachord
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GAMUT — ˈgamət, -əd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably modification of (assumed) Medieval Latin gamma ut, from Medieval Latin gamma lowest …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOLMIZATION — system of designating musical notes by syllable names. A well-developed solmization system exists in the music of India, using the …
Britannica English vocabulary
CANTUS FIRMUS — ( (Latin: fixed song), ) plural Cantus Firmi, preexistent melody, such as a plainchant excerpt, underlying a polyphonic musical composition …
Britannica English vocabulary
GUIDO OF AREZZO — born c. 990, , Arezzo?, Italy died 1050, Avellana? Italian Guido D'arezzo medieval music theorist whose principles served as a …
Britannica English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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