tetrachordn.

Brit.

/ˈtɛtrəkɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈtɛtrəˌkɔrd/

Etymology: < Greek τετράχορδον (sc . ὄργανον ), a Greek musical instrument, < τετρα- tetra- comb. form + χορδή string.

1. An ancient musical instrument with four strings.

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-

1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Tetrachord, an instrument in old time of foure strings.

1814 Mann. & Cust. in Ann. Reg. 490/1 Most of the Greek women sing in a pleasing manner, accompanying themselves with a tetrachord, the tones of which are an excellent support to the voice.

1849 J. W. Donaldson Theatre of Greeks (ed. 6) i. ii. 15 Terpander..substituted the seven-stringed cithara for the old tetrachord.

Thesaurus »

Categories »

a. Music. A scale-series of four notes, being the half of an octave.

†b. The interval between the first and last notes of this series; a perfect fourth.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > fourth

fourth1597

tetrachord1603

quart1875

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1254 It was not for ignorance that in the Dorian tunes they forbare this Tetrachord.

1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony iv. 86 4th. Diatessaron. Tetrachord.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Tetrachord, in Musick, is a Concord or Interval of 3 Tones. The Tetrachord of the Ancients was a rank of four Strings.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xvi. 285 Such were the three modes or scales, each including only a tetrachord, upon which the earliest Greek masters worked.

1890 Athenæum 4 Jan. 24/3 The tetrachord [on an Arab lute] thus comprised c, d, e flat, e, and f.

c. transferred. A stanza of four lines. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > quatrain

tetrastich1580

quatrain1584

quaternion1722

tetrachord1817

1817 N. Drake Shakspeare I. 54 The Octant, of two tetrachords of disjunct alternate rhime.

1817 N. Drake Shakspeare I. 55 Three tetrachords in alternate rhime.

Derivatives

tetraˈchordal adj. of or pertaining to a tetrachord or tetrachords.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > ancient Greek scales

chromatic1603

chromatical1603

diatonic1603

syntonic1786

Syntono-Lydian1786

syntonous1789

tetrachordal?1850

?1850 S. A. Glover (title) Manual, containing a development of the tetrachordal System.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 436/1 Miss Sarah A. Glover, of Norwich, about thirty years ago projected and taught..a system which she called the tetrachordal system, which was the Tonic Sol-fa notation in its original form.

tetrachordon n. /-ˈkɔːdɒn/ [see quot. 1876] an instrument like a cottage pianoforte in form, in which the strings are pressed against a revolving cylinder to produce the tone.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > other stringed instruments > [noun] > hurdy-gurdy

wind-broach1653

humstrum1739

tetrachordon1740

hurdy-gurdy1749

vielle1768

celestinette1774

claviole1813

harmonichord1835

piano-violin1859

organistrum1867

humpenscrumpa1916

1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 274 Tetrachordon. See Tetrachord.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 433/1 It is called the tetrachordon from an idea that its sounds are similar to those produced by a string quartet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tetrachord
释义	tetrachordn. Brit. /ˈtɛtrəkɔːd/, U.S. /ˈtɛtrəˌkɔrd/ Etymology: < Greek τετράχορδον (sc . ὄργανον ), a Greek musical instrument, < τετρα- tetra- comb. form + χορδή string. 1. An ancient musical instrument with four strings. 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- 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Tetrachord, an instrument in old time of foure strings. 1814 Mann. & Cust. in Ann. Reg. 490/1 Most of the Greek women sing in a pleasing manner, accompanying themselves with a tetrachord, the tones of which are an excellent support to the voice. 1849 J. W. Donaldson Theatre of Greeks (ed. 6) i. ii. 15 Terpander..substituted the seven-stringed cithara for the old tetrachord. 2. Thesaurus » Categories » a. Music. A scale-series of four notes, being the half of an octave. †b. The interval between the first and last notes of this series; a perfect fourth. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > fourth fourth1597 tetrachord1603 quart1875 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1254 It was not for ignorance that in the Dorian tunes they forbare this Tetrachord. 1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony iv. 86 4th. Diatessaron. Tetrachord. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Tetrachord, in Musick, is a Concord or Interval of 3 Tones. The Tetrachord of the Ancients was a rank of four Strings. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xvi. 285 Such were the three modes or scales, each including only a tetrachord, upon which the earliest Greek masters worked. 1890 Athenæum 4 Jan. 24/3 The tetrachord [on an Arab lute] thus comprised c, d, e flat, e, and f. c. transferred. A stanza of four lines. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > quatrain tetrastich1580 quatrain1584 quaternion1722 tetrachord1817 1817 N. Drake Shakspeare I. 54 The Octant, of two tetrachords of disjunct alternate rhime. 1817 N. Drake Shakspeare I. 55 Three tetrachords in alternate rhime. Derivatives tetraˈchordal adj. of or pertaining to a tetrachord or tetrachords. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > ancient Greek scales chromatic1603 chromatical1603 diatonic1603 syntonic1786 Syntono-Lydian1786 syntonous1789 tetrachordal?1850 ?1850 S. A. Glover (title) Manual, containing a development of the tetrachordal System. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 436/1 Miss Sarah A. Glover, of Norwich, about thirty years ago projected and taught..a system which she called the tetrachordal system, which was the Tonic Sol-fa notation in its original form. tetrachordon n. /-ˈkɔːdɒn/ [see quot. 1876] an instrument like a cottage pianoforte in form, in which the strings are pressed against a revolving cylinder to produce the tone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > other stringed instruments > [noun] > hurdy-gurdy wind-broach1653 humstrum1739 tetrachordon1740 hurdy-gurdy1749 vielle1768 celestinette1774 claviole1813 harmonichord1835 piano-violin1859 organistrum1867 humpenscrumpa1916 1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 274 Tetrachordon. See Tetrachord. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 433/1 It is called the tetrachordon from an idea that its sounds are similar to those produced by a string quartet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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