TETRACHORD


Meaning of TETRACHORD in English

— tetrachordal , adj.

/te"treuh kawrd'/ , n. Music.

a diatonic series of four tones, the first and last separated by a perfect fourth.

[ 1595-1605; tetráchordos having four strings. See TETRA-, CHORD 1 ]

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