| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A system of seven sounds.[Websters]
2. A lyre with seven chords.[Websters] 3. A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HEPTACHORD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Heptachord \Hep"ta*chord\, noun. [from Greek expression "epta`xordos seven-stringed; "epta` seven xordh` chord: compare to the French expression heptacorde. See Seven, and Chord.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HEPTACHORD
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] A system of seven sounds. In ancient poetry, verses sung or played on seven chords or different notes. In this sense the word was applied to the lyre, when it had but seven strings. One of the intervals is also called a heptachord, as containing the same number of degrees between the extremes. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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