tet|ra|chord

tet|ra|chord
tet|ra|chord «TEHT ruh krd», noun. Music.
1. a diatonic scale series of four notes, the first and last being a perfect fourth apart (the most important unit of Greek melody and music theory); half an octave.
2. an ancient instrument with four strings.
[< Latin tetrachordon < Greek tetráchordon < tetrachordós producing four tones < tetra- four + chord string; (originally) gut]

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