Definition of Pentachord. Meaning of Pentachord. Synonyms of Pentachord

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Definition of Pentachord

Pentachord
Pentachord Pen"ta*chord, n. [L. pentachordus five-stringed, Gr. ?; ? five + ? string.] 1. An ancient instrument of music with five strings. 2. An order or system of five sounds. --Busby.

Meaning of Pentachord from wikipedia

- A pentachord in music theory may be either of two things. In pitch-class set theory, a pentachord is defined as any five pitch classes, regarded as an...
- above, a makam in Turkish music is built of a tetrachord built atop a pentachord, or vice versa. Trichords exist, e.g. Saba, but are rarely used. Additionally...
- there is the Buselik tetrachord and the Buselik pentachord. The intervals of the Buselik pentachord and Buselik tetrachord within 53 Tone Equal Temperament...
- Rast tetrachord and Rast pentachord. It is used as a Çeşni in many makams. The intervals of the Rast tetrachord and Rast pentachord within 53 Tone Equal Temperament...
- Kürdî, there is the Kürdî tetrachord and the Kürdî pentachord. The intervals of the Kürdî pentachord and Kürdî tetrachord within 53 Tone Equal Temperament...
- Hüseynî makams. For Uşşak, there is the Uşşak tetrachord and the Hüseynî pentachord. While in Arabic maqam music, maqam Bayati is taken as a basic tetrachord...
- the Nikriz makam. For Nikriz, there is only the pentachord, as the 4th is raised. The Nikriz pentachord is the same as putting the 53-TET equivalent of...
- composed of a lower tetrachord of tone–semitone–tone, ending on D, plus a pentachord tone–semitone–tone–tone continuing from D, and (2) as a mode whose final...
- cins together. Cins are defined as either trichords, tetrachords or pentachords, which modal entities (although not melodic direction) are derived from...
- Çârgâh, there is the Çârgâh tetrachord and the Çârgâh pentachord. The intervals of the Buselik pentachord and Buselik tetrachord within 53 Tone Equal Temperament...