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Conjoint tetrachords
Conjoint Con*joint", a. [F. conjoint, p. p. of conjoindre. See Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct.] United; connected; associated. ``Influence conjoint.' --Glover. Conjoint degrees (Mus.), two notes which follow each other immediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re. --Johnson. Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- also written conjunct.
Disjunct tetrachords
Disjunct Dis*junct", a. [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to disjoin. See Disjoin, and cf. Disjoint.] 1. Disjoined; separated. [R.] 2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction. Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher than the acutest note of the other.

Meaning of Tetrachord from wikipedia

- In music theory, a tetrachord (Gr****: τετράχορδoν; Latin: tetrachordum) is a series of four notes separated by three intervals. In traditional music theory...
- referring in Ancient Gr**** music theory to a particular tuning of the tetrachord, and to a rhythmic notational convention in mensural music of the 14th...
- An all-interval tetrachord is a tetrachord, a collection of four pitch classes, containing all six interval classes. There are only two possible all-interval...
- describe certain classes of intonations of the two movable notes within a tetrachord. The tetrachordal system was inherited by the Latin medieval theory of...
- Turkish makam. For Hicaz, there is the Hicaz tetrachord and Hicaz pentachord. The intervals of the Hicaz tetrachord and Rast pentachord within 53 Tone Equal...
- note. There are six basic tetrachords, named sometimes according to their tonic note and sometimes according to the tetrachord's most distinctive note: Çârgâh...
- Çârgâh, there is the Çârgâh tetrachord and the Çârgâh pentachord. The intervals of the Buselik pentachord and Buselik tetrachord within 53 Tone Equal Temperament...
- harmonized. The diatonic version is the upper tetrachord from the natural minor scale, known as the Phrygian tetrachord, while the chromatic version, the chromatic...
- In music theory, the descending tetrachord is a series of four notes from a scale, or tetrachord, arranged in order from highest to lowest, or descending...
- years from simple scales of tetrachords, or divisions of the perfect fourth, into several complex systems encomp****ing tetrachords and octaves, as well as...