Meaning Of The Word Tetrachord

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tetrachord in American English
a series of four tones contained in the interval of a perfect fourth
noun: a diatonic series of four tones, the first and last separated by a perfect fourth

tetrachord in British English
noun: (in musical theory, esp of classical Greece) any of several groups of four notes in descending order, in which the first and last notes form a perfect fourth

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