heptachordadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈhɛptəkɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈhɛptəˌkɔrd/

Etymology: < Greek ἑπτάχορδος seven-stringed, < ἑπτά seven + χορδή string, chord n.¹ Compare French heptacorde.

Music.

†A. adj.

Seven-stringed. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In the antient Poetry.—Heptachord Verses, were those sung or play'd on seven Chords; that is, in seven different Notes, or Tones; and probably on an Instrument with seven Strings.

B. n.

(a) A musical instrument of seven strings. (b) A series of seven notes, formed of two conjunct tetrachords. (c) The interval of a seventh.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > specific number of strings

decachord?1567

quadrichord1585

decachordon1602

tetrachord1603

pentachord1721

heptachord1765

monochord1771

dichord1776

trichord1776

octachord1786

hendecachord1794

tone-measurer-

1765 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II Heptachord,..was applied to the lyre, when it had but seven strings.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Heptachord, a musical instrument of seven strings, a poetical composition played or sung on seven chords or notes.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 35 Forming then the whole system..of the octachord or heptachord.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 205 If these two strings were tuned fourths to each other, they would furnish that series of sounds which the ancients called a heptachord, consisting of two conjunct tetrachords.

1861 T. L. Peacock Gryll Grange xxii. 197 If..these two heptachords should harmonize into a double octave.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heptachord
释义	heptachordadj.n. Brit. /ˈhɛptəkɔːd/, U.S. /ˈhɛptəˌkɔrd/ Etymology: < Greek ἑπτάχορδος seven-stringed, < ἑπτά seven + χορδή string, chord n.¹ Compare French heptacorde. Music. †A. adj. Seven-stringed. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In the antient Poetry.—Heptachord Verses, were those sung or play'd on seven Chords; that is, in seven different Notes, or Tones; and probably on an Instrument with seven Strings. B. n. (a) A musical instrument of seven strings. (b) A series of seven notes, formed of two conjunct tetrachords. (c) The interval of a seventh. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > specific number of strings decachord?1567 quadrichord1585 decachordon1602 tetrachord1603 pentachord1721 heptachord1765 monochord1771 dichord1776 trichord1776 octachord1786 hendecachord1794 tone-measurer- 1765 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II Heptachord,..was applied to the lyre, when it had but seven strings. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Heptachord, a musical instrument of seven strings, a poetical composition played or sung on seven chords or notes. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 35 Forming then the whole system..of the octachord or heptachord. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 205 If these two strings were tuned fourths to each other, they would furnish that series of sounds which the ancients called a heptachord, consisting of two conjunct tetrachords. 1861 T. L. Peacock Gryll Grange xxii. 197 If..these two heptachords should harmonize into a double octave. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1728
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