Contextualizebeta

hexachord

noun

Etymology

From hexa- + chord.

  1. derived from χορδή
  2. prefixed as hexachord — “hexa + chord”

Definitions

  1. A series of six tones denoted with the syllables ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la separated by seconds,…

    A series of six tones denoted with the syllables ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la separated by seconds, the only of which that is a minor second being mi-fa.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hexachord. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA