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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. 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.