heptachord
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“seven-stringed”), from Ancient Greek [Term?] (“seven”) + Ancient Greek [Term?] (“chord”). Compare French heptacorde. See seven and chord.
Noun[edit]
heptachord (plural heptachords)
- (music) A system of seven sounds.
- (music) A lyre with seven chords.
- (poetry) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ 1852, John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopædia of Music
- “heptachord”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.