Sextet Definition

sĕk-stĕt
sextets
noun
sextets
A composition for six voices or six instruments.
Webster's New World
A group of six persons or things.
Webster's New World
A group of six performers of such a composition, or any group of six musicians playing together.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Sextet

Noun

Singular:
sextet
Plural:
sextets

Origin of Sextet

  • Alteration of sestet

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

Sextet Sentence Examples

  • In 1943 he leads a quintet and sextet based in Los Angeles which includes Nat King Cole.

  • Matthew Rye The Sunday Telegraph, 21st December 2003 No, not the old brigade who formed this vocal sextet 35 years ago !

  • This popular traditional jazz sextet was formed six years ago and comprises of drums, bass, banjo, trumpet, clarinet and trombone.

  • Bandleader Tom Brown claimed that it was his saxophone sextet, the Six Brown Brothers, who inaugurated the craze.

  • A sextet inspired by the orchestral color and spontaneous feel of Charles Mingus 's small group music.

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Words Starting With

SSESEX

Words Ending With

TETTET

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sextet

Words Starting With S and Ending With T

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With T