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Meaning of "pentachord" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PENTACHORD

ˈpentəˌkɔːd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENTACHORD

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WHAT DOES PENTACHORD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pentachord

A pentachord in music theory may be either of two things. In pitch-class set theory, a pentachord is defined as any five pitch classes, regarded as an unordered collection. In other contexts, a pentachord may be any consecutive five-note section of a diatonic scale. A pentad is a five-note chord. Under the latter definition, a diatonic scale comprises five non-transpositionally equivalent pentachords rather than seven because the Ionian and Mixolydian pentachords and the Dorian and Aeolian pentachords are intervallically identical. The name "pentachord" was also given to a musical instrument, now in disuse, built to the specifications of Sir Edward Walpole. It was demonstrated by Karl Friedrich Abel at his first public concert in London, on 5 April 1759, when it was described as "newly invented". In the dedication to Walpole of his cello sonatas op. 3, the cellist/composer James Cervetto praised the pentachord, declaring: "I know not a more fit Instrument to Accompany the Voice". Performances on the instrument are documented as late as 1783, after which it seems to have fallen out of use. It appears to have been similar to a five-string violoncello.

Definition of pentachord in the English dictionary

The definition of pentachord in the dictionary is a series of five consecutive notes of a scale. Other definition of pentachord is any instrument with five strings.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENTACHORD

bichord · clarichord · clavichord · decachord · harmonichord · harpsichord · heptachord · hexachord · misericord · misericorde · monochord · needlecord · notochord · octachord · ripcord · subchord · tetrachord · trichord · urochord · whipcord

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENTACHORD

pentabarbital · pentachlorophenol · pentacle · pentacrinoid · pentact · pentactinal · pentacyclic · pentad · pentadactyl · pentadactyle · pentadactylic · pentadactylism · pentadactylous · pentadactyly · pentadelphous · pentadic · pentagon · pentagonal · pentagonally · pentagram

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENTACHORD

added sixth chord · altered chord · broken chord · chord · common chord · dichord · diminished seventh chord · dominant seventh chord · eleventh chord · inverted chord · major seventh chord · minor seventh chord · ninth chord · rheochord · seventh chord · sixth chord · thirteenth chord

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENTACHORD»

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Kodaly Today : A Cognitive Approach to Elementary Music ...
Five adjacent notes are labeled a pentachord. In a major scale do re mifa so is a do pentachord; la ti do re mi is a la pentachord. Six adjacent notes are a hexachord. In a major scale do re mifa so la is a do hexachord; la ti do re mifa is a la ...
Department of Music Millersville University Micheal Houlahan Professor of Music Theory and Chair, Department of Music Millersville University Philip Tacka Professor of Music Education, 2008
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Pentachord
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A pentachord in music theory may be either of two things.
Antigone Fernande, 2012
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Albanian Urban Lyric Song in the 1930s
The pentachordal intervallic structure of "Nikriz" is also comparable to the second type of non-diatonic southwest Balkan mode, i.e., it has the augmented second of the basic tetrachord or pentachord between the third and fourth degrees.
Eno Koço, 2004
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A Manual of Plain Song for the Offices of the American Church
This pentachord then is known as the constitutive pentachord of the First and Second Modes, and is in fact the original of both. The First Mode is an extension of it upwards ; the Second is an extension of it downwards. Three notes added to our ...
Hermon Griswold Batterson, John Wilberforce Doran, 1890
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The Laboratory Piano Course: For Laboratory Or Conventional ...
D. AND. G. PENTACHORDS. COMBINED. D Pentachord G Pentachord I I i A D Middle C OBSERVATIONS The right hand plays the D pentachord ascending and descending. The left hand plays the G pentachord descending, first, and then  ...
Cleveland L. Page, 1990
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The Collected Essays of Milton Babbitt
The serial unit of five notes, with no pitch-class repetitions, is a chromatic spanning of the major third, and, therefore, each interval which occurs in the complex of ten intervals contained in this pentachord occurs with unique multiplicity. Further ...
Stephen Peles, Milton Babbitt, Stephen Dembski, 2011
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Folklore and Nationalism in Europe During the Long ...
Sorrowful folksongs in printed music in finland before 1900. name first published melodic type aamulla varhain # 1882 pentachord in minor en voi sua unhoittaa pois # 1867 romance in major läksin minä kesäyönä * # 1840 k pentachord in ...
Timothy Baycroft, David Hopkin, 2012
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Teaching Kids Recorder
Play entire songs that are based on the pentachord. When your students can play up and down the D-E-G-A-B-D' pentachord, they will be able to play many songs. Eventually, you will be able to add high E to this pentachord.Students can find ...
Margo Hall, 2005
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School of Oud
Mavrothi Kontanis. THEORY BASICS Tetrachords and pentachords The basic scale of a makam consists of a tetrachord and pentachord combined. Here are some examples: n Chargah Tetrachord Buselik Tetrachord Kurdi Tetrachord ...
Mavrothi Kontanis, 2012
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Processes of Redemption and the Aesthetic of the Fragment in ...
7, the B major triad becomes a pentachord: pc-set 5-27 {368AB}. All of these harmonies, without exception, may be found in Figure 3-1. Indeed, there are two occurrences of each of these trichords (3-7, 3-9 and 3-11) as primary harmonies. 165 ...
Michael Wayne Chikinda, 2008

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENTACHORD»

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Swingin' on the Gallows Pole: Harlots, Hugs and Haupstimme in …
Measure six offers up the first actual vocally segmented pentachord--5-22 (01478)--which is a not-too-distant cousin of the five-note pitch class ... «Classicalite, Sep 13»
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Pentachord White is a shared / unisex perfume by Tauer. The scent was launched in 2011 and the fragrance was created by perfumer Andy Tauer ... «Basenotes, Feb 12»
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