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octachord, a. and n. Mus.|ˈɒktəkɔːd|
Also octo-.
[ad. late L. octachord-os, a. Gr. ὀκτάχορδ-ος eight-stringed, f. ὀκτα- octa- + χορδή string, chord. In mod.F. octacorde (Littré).]
A. adj.
a. Having eight strings.
b. Relating to a scale of eight notes.
1760Stiles in Phil. Trans. LI. 737 In the time of the octachord lyre. Ibid. 771 Denying that the octachord system could have anything to do with his invention.
B. n.
a. A series of eight notes, as the ordinary diatonic scale. (Cf. tetrachord, hexachord.)
b. A musical instrument having eight strings.
1776Burney Hist. Mus. I. 35 Forming then the whole system of the octachord, or heptachord, as I understand it. 1811Busby Dict. Mus. (ed. 3), Octachord, an instrument, or system, comprising eight sounds, or seven degrees. The Octachord, or lyre, of Pythagoras, comprehended the two disjunct tetrachords expressed by the letters E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E. 1882Academy 15 Apr. 276 His mode of reasoning is..like the octochord itself, somewhat artificial.
Hence octaˈchordal (octo-) a., of the octachord.
1882Academy 15 Apr. 276/3 The octochordal scale is of great antiquity. |