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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
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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