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Definition of Hexachords
1. hexachord [n] - See also: hexachord
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexachords
Literary usage of Hexachords
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Notation by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1903)
"... and "natural" hexachords—Coloured lines used for the stave—Guido invited to
Rome —Becomes famous—Returns to his monastery and dies a " simple monk. ..."
2. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"In dividing the compass of the tones then in use, he employed, instead of the
Greek tetrachords (a series of from four to four tones), the hexachords (a ..."
3. Mediæval Music: An Historical Sketch by Robert Charles Hope (1899)
"B|? occurs in the 3rd and 6th hexachords above, and was called b molle = soft.
These hexachords embraced a compass of two and a half octaves. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"In dividing the compass of the tones then in use, he employed, instead of the
Greek tetrachords (a series of from four to four tones), the hexachords (a ..."
5. Critical and Historical Essays: Lectures Delivered at Columbia University by Edward MacDowell (1912)
"The next three hexachords were treated in the same manner; the last or seventh
hexachord was merely a repetition of the first and the fourth. ..."
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