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octachord

[ok-tuh-kawrd]

noun

  1. any musical instrument with eight strings.

  2. a diatonic series of eight tones.

octachord

/ ˈɒəˌɔː /

noun

  1. an eight-stringed musical instrument

  2. a series of eight notes, esp a scale

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • octachordal adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of octachord1

First recorded in 1750–60, octachord is from the Greek word ǰáǰDz having eight strings. See octa-, chord 1
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Octachord, ok′ta-kord, n. a musical instrument with eight strings: a diatonic series of eight tones.

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Running longitudinally, there are four channels in it if it is a tetrachord; six, if it is a hexachord; eight, if it is an octachord.

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