Definitions for hexachord

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hexachord hex·a·chord

Spelling: [hek-suh-kawrd]

IPA: /ˈhɛk səˌkɔrd/

Hexachord is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in hexachord (acdehhorx).

Definitions for hexachord

noun

1. 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.

Origin of hexachord

First recorded in 1685-95, hexachord is from the Late Greek word hexáchordos having six strings. See hexa-, chord¹

Examples for hexachord

For the fourth hexachord, which was called hard, this B was again raised a semitone.

Solmisation of the six notes of the hexachord, 11th century, see p. 37.

hexachord, hek′sa-kord, n. a diatonic series of six notes, having a semitone between the third and fourth.