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hexachord

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hex·a·chord  (hks-kôrd)
n.
A sequence of six tones with a semitone in the middle, the others being whole tones, that was used in medieval music.
[Medieval Latin hexachordum, from Latin hexachordos, having six strings or stops : Greek hexa-, hexa- + Greek -khordos, string, note (from khord; see cord).]


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