heptachord
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἑπτάχορδος (heptákhordos, “seven-stringed”), from ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) + χορδή (khordḗ, “chord”). Compare French heptacorde.
Noun
editheptachord (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.