Definition of Octachords. Meaning of Octachords. Synonyms of Octachords

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Definition of Octachords

Octachord
Octachord Oc"ta*chord, n. [Gr. ? with eight strings; ? (for ? eight) + ? string, chord: cf.F. octacorde.] (Mus.) An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. [Also written octochord.]

Meaning of Octachords from wikipedia

- This is a list of set classes, by Forte number. A set class (an abbreviation of pitch-class-set class) in music theory is an ascending collection of pitch...
- Triad Trichord 4 Tetrad Tetrachord 5 Pentad Pentachord 6 Hexad Hexachord 7 Heptad Heptachord 8 Octad Octachord 9 Ennead Nonachord 10 Decad Decachord...
- (heptads or, sometimes, mixing Latin and Gr**** roots, "septachords"), octachords (octads), nonachords (nonads), decachords (decads), undecachords, and...
- or, sometimes, mixing Latin and Gr**** roots, "septachords"—e.g. Rahn), octachords (octads), nonachords (nonads), decachords (decads), undecachords, and...
- dictionary. Octad ('group of 8') or octade may refer to: Octad (chord), octachord in music theory Octad (computing), a group of 8 bits in computing Octad...
- and hexachords. The joining of a tetrachord and a pentachord yields an octachord, i.e. the complete seven-tone scale plus a higher octave of the base note...
- supplement his act. Smeck was one of only two vaudeville artists to play the octachord, an 8-string lap steel guitar. He was introduced to the instrument by...
- instrument, dubbed the "octachord" by the band, had been made by a friend's grandfather and looked like a large mandolin. The octachord was pla**** on the record...