hexatonicadj.
/hɛksəˈtɒnɪk/ Music.
Characterized by hexatones.
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chromatic1603
octachordala1661
octachord1761
hendecachordal1842
tritonous1847
pentatonic1864
pentaphonic1881
melodic1889
heptatonic1890
gapped1910
twelve-tone1926
twelve-note1928
hexatonic1930
octatonic1963
1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Feb. 95/1 Another good tune..has additional sources of strength in being constituted as a ten bar sentence without any repetition of phrase, and being hexatonic in mode.
1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (1949) ii. 44 The scalar concept scarcely enters into African music although it is constantly referred to as predominantly pentatonic and hexatonic, i.e., five and six-toned.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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