tetrachord

tet·ra·chord

T0130700 (tĕt′rə-kôrd′)n. Music A series of four diatonic tones encompassing the interval of a perfect fourth.

[Greek tetrakhordon, from neuter of tetrakhordos, four-stringed : tetra-, tetra- + khordē, string; see gherə- in Indo-European roots.]

tet′ra·chor′dal (-kôr′dl) adj.

tetrachord

(ˈtɛtrəˌkɔːd) n (Music, other) (in musical theory, esp of classical Greece) any of several groups of four notes in descending order, in which the first and last notes form a perfect fourth[C17: from Greek tetrakhordos four-stringed, from tetra- + khordē a string] ˌtetraˈchordal adj

tet•ra•chord

(ˈtɛ trəˌkɔrd)

n. a diatonic series of four tones, the first and last separated by a perfect fourth. [1595–1605; < Greek tetráchordos having four strings. See tetra-, chord¹] tet`ra•chor′dal, adj.

Tetrachord

tetrachord

[′te·trə‚kȯrd] (acoustics) The basis of a variety of ancient musical scales, consisting of four notes, with an interval of a perfect fourth between the highest and lowest notes.

Tetrachord

in music, a succession of four pitches contained within the limits of a fourth. Tetrachords were the basis of musical modes and of the entire scale in ancient Greek music. The Greek names for diatonic tetrachords, just as the names for the corresponding modes, are still used in modern music theory, but they refer to modes with different interval structures.

单词	tetrachord
释义	tetrachord tet·ra·chord T0130700 (tĕt′rə-kôrd′)n. Music A series of four diatonic tones encompassing the interval of a perfect fourth. [Greek tetrakhordon, from neuter of tetrakhordos, four-stringed : tetra-, tetra- + khordē, string; see gherə- in Indo-European roots.] tet′ra·chor′dal (-kôr′dl) adj. tetrachord (ˈtɛtrəˌkɔːd) n (Music, other) (in musical theory, esp of classical Greece) any of several groups of four notes in descending order, in which the first and last notes form a perfect fourth[C17: from Greek tetrakhordos four-stringed, from tetra- + khordē a string] ˌtetraˈchordal adj tet•ra•chord (ˈtɛ trəˌkɔrd) n. a diatonic series of four tones, the first and last separated by a perfect fourth. [1595–1605; < Greek tetráchordos having four strings. See tetra-, chord¹] tet`ra•chor′dal, adj. Tetrachord tetrachord [′te·trə‚kȯrd] (acoustics) The basis of a variety of ancient musical scales, consisting of four notes, with an interval of a perfect fourth between the highest and lowest notes. Tetrachord in music, a succession of four pitches contained within the limits of a fourth. Tetrachords were the basis of musical modes and of the entire scale in ancient Greek music. The Greek names for diatonic tetrachords, just as the names for the corresponding modes, are still used in modern music theory, but they refer to modes with different interval structures.
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