hexachord
/hek-suh-kawrd/US // ˈhɛk səˌkɔrd //UK // (ˈhɛksəˌkɔːd) //
六和弦,六弦琴,六和,六音琴
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Music.
- : a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.
Examples
Just as in mediæval times each hexachord commenced with ut, so now every octave of our tonal system commences with do.
For the fourth hexachord, which was called hard, this B was again raised a semitone.
Hexachord, hek′sa-kord, n. a diatonic series of six notes, having a semitone between the third and fourth.
Solmisation of the six notes of the Hexachord, 11th century, see p. 37.
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