heptachord

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“seven-stringed”), from Ancient Greek [Term?] (“seven”) + Ancient Greek [Term?] (“chord”). Compare French heptacorde. See seven and chord.

Noun

heptachord (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

1852, John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopædia of Music

“heptachord”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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