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tetrachordal

tetrachordal adjective: relating to a tetrachord.

Adjective

tetrachordal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a tetrachord.
    • The tune is Hypo-Phrygian, which resembles the Prophetic mode; the melodic line has a tetrachordal curve and consists of four bar periods with a coda of two bars.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 376

Origin of tetrachordal

From tetrachord + -al.

Questions about tetrachordal

What does tetrachordal mean?
Tetrachordal means relating to a tetrachord.
What part of speech is tetrachordal?
Tetrachordal is an adjective.

Words near tetrachordal in the dictionary

  1. tetrachloroplatinate
  2. tetrachloroplatinates
  3. tetrachlorosilane
  4. tetrachlorvinphos
  5. tetrachord
  6. tetrachordal
  7. tetrachordo
  8. tetrachordos
  9. tetrachords
  10. tetrachoric
  11. tetrachotomies

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