Hexachord Definition

hĕksə-kôrd
noun
In medieval music, a diatonic scale of six tones, with a semitone between the third and the fourth.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hexachord

Noun

Singular:
hexachord
Plural:
hexachords

Origin of Hexachord

  • Medieval Latin hexachordum from Latin hexachordos having six strings or stops Greek hexa- hexa- Greek -khordos string, note (from khordē cord)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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