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heptachord
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HEPTACHORD
n.[Gr. seven, and chord. ] A system of seven sounds. In ancient poetry, verses sung or played on seven chords or different notes. In this sense the word was applied to the lyre, when it had but seven strings. One of the intervals is also called a heptachord, as containing the same number of degrees between the extremes.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HEPTACHORD
Hep "ta *chord, n. Etym: [Gr. "epta `xordos seven-stringed; "epta ` seven + xordh ` chord: cf. F. heptacorde. See Seven, and Chord. ]
1. (Anc. Mus. ) (a ) A system of seven sounds. (b ) A lyre with seven chords.
2. (Anc. Poet. )
Defn: A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. Moore (Encyc. of Music ).
Duden Dictionary
Heptachord
Hep ta chord Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum Musik , der oder das |…ˈkɔrt |der oder das Heptachord; Genitiv: des Heptachord [e ]s, Plural: die Heptachorde lateinisch heptachordus = siebensaitig < griechisch heptáchordos, zu: chordḗ = Saite Folge von sieben diatonischen Tonstufen; große Septime