TETRACHORD

Definition: TETRACHORD

TETRACHORD

Noun

1. A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds were changeable.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Language		Translations for "TETRACHORD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Manx		tetrachoardey. (various references)

Pig Latin		etrachordtay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

In musical theory, a tetrachord is a series of four diatonic tones encompassing the interval of a perfect fourth.

Two similar tetrachords, a tone apart, form the diatonic major scale.

External links

Greek Esoteric Music Theory: The Elemental Tetrachord

Derivations
	Words beginning with "TETRACHORD": tetrachords. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "TETRACHORD" (pronounced 'Tet"ra*chord'): Clarichord, harpsichord, Heptachord, Hexachord, Monochord, Notochord, Octachord, Pentachord, Rheochord, Trichord, urochord. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-h-o-r-r-t-t"
	-1 letter: detractor.
	-2 letters: chordate, hardcore, redactor, retroact, tetrarch, theocrat, throated.
	-3 letters: cathode, charred, charted, charter, chatted, chatter, cordate, corrade, creator, detract, hoarder, orchard, ratchet, reactor, rechart, redcoat, retract, roached, rotated, torched, tractor, trochar, trothed.
	-4 letters: adorer, arched, archer, carder, carrot, carted, carter, catted, chador, chared, charro, chorea, chored, coated, coater, cohead, corder, cottae, cottar, cotter, crated, crater, darter, dearth, dehort, detach, dotter, echard, harder, hatred, hatted, hatter, hector, hotted, hotter, ochrea, ochred, orache, orated, rachet, rather, ratted, ratter, record, rector, redact, retard, retort, rhetor, roared, rochet, rotate, rotche, rotted, rotter, tarred, tarted, tarter, tetrad, thread, threat, throat, tocher, tother, traced, tracer, trader, trocar, troche.
	-5 letters: ached, acred, acted, actor, adore, arced, ardor, cadet, cadre, cared, carer, caret, carte, cater, cedar, chard, chare, charr, chart, cheat, chert, chord, chore, chott, coder, cored, corer, coted, cotta, crate, credo, crore, darer, dater, datto, death, decor, derat, doeth, doter, drear, earth, hared, hated, hater, heard, heart, hoard, horde, oared, oater, ocher, ochre, ocrea, octad, octet, orach, orate, order, oread, other, ottar, otter, raced, racer, rared, ratch, rated, rater, rathe, reach, react, recta, recto, retch, retro, roach, rotch, rotte, tacet, tache, tardo, tared, taroc, tarot, tarre, tater, teach, tecta, terra, tetra, theca, theta, throe, torah, torch, torte, toted, toter, trace, tract, trade, tread, treat, trode, troth.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-h-o-r-r-t-t"
	+1 letter: tetrachords.
	+2 letters: orchestrated.
	+3 letters: tetrachloride, trisoctahedra.
	+4 letters: reorchestrated, tetrachlorides, trisoctahedron.
	+5 letters: trisoctahedrons.
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