Definition of Octachord

1. n. An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones.

Definition of Octachord

1. Noun. A musical instrument with eight strings. ¹

2. Noun. A musical system of eight tones. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Octachord

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Octachord

ocrase
ocrea
ocreae
ocreas
ocreate
ocrelizumab
ocrylate
oct-
octa
octa-
octabasic
octabromide
octabromodiphenyl ether
octachlorobiphenyl
octachlorobiphenyls
octachord (current term)
octachords
octacoordinated
octacosane
octacosanes
octacosanoic
octacosanoic acid
octacosanol
octacosanols
octad
octadecadienoic
octadecadienoic acid
octadecadienoyl
octadecamer
octadecameric

Literary usage of Octachord

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage (1825)
"In the octachord they give the fifth, EB, FC,Gn,AE.< The octave was now called harmony, because it comprised the fourth and fifth, ..."

2. Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece: During the Middle of the Fourth by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, William Beaumont, Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage (1796)
"In the octachord they give the fifth, miji, fa ut, fol re, la mi '. The octave was now called ... intervals more frequently occur in the octachord than, ..."

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