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In music theory, a tetrachord (Greek: τετράχορδoν; Latin: tetrachordum) is a series of four notes separated by three intervals.In traditional music theory, a tetrachord always spanned the interval of a perfect fourth, a 4:3 frequency proportion (approx. 498 cents)—but in modern use it means any four-note segment of a scale or tone row, not necessarily related to a particular tuning ...
List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound Degrees Intervals Integer notation # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord Upper tetrachord Use of key signature usual or unusual ; 15 equal temperament
Tetrachord Note order Step to next note (Number of steps) Note name starting from Rast [1] Rast pentachord: Rast tetrachord: 1 T (9) Rast 2 K (8) Dügâh 3 S (5)
Dominant seventh chord on C: C 7 Play ⓘ.. A tetrad is a set of four notes in music theory.When these four notes form a tertian chord they are more specifically called a seventh chord, after the diatonic interval from the root of the chord to its fourth note (in root position close voicing).
The notes of the central tetrachord of the system in ascending order are hypate, parhypate, lichanos (or hypermese), and mese. A second tetrachord is added above, after a disjunctive tone, and the corresponding names (together with the interval ratios of the standing tones) are: [6] mese (4:3) – nete (2:1) (standing) lichanos – paranete ...
Tetrachord Note order Step to next note (Number of steps) Note name starting from Dügâh [1] Hicaz pentachord Hicaz tetrachord 1 S (5) Dügâh 2 A (12) Dik Kürdî 3 S (5) Nim Hicâz 4 T (9) (Only for pentachord) Neva - 5 - Hüseynî
The Phrygian progression creates a descending tetrachord bassline: -♭-♭ - . Phrygian half cadence: i-v6-iv6-V in c minor (bassline: c -b ♭-a ♭-g) Play ⓘ. In music theory, the descending tetrachord is a series of four notes from a scale, or tetrachord, arranged in order from highest to
The sub-intervals of the tetrachord were unequal, with the largest intervals always at the top, and the smallest at the bottom. The 'characteristic interval' of a tetrachord is its largest one. The Greater Perfect System ( systema teleion meizon ) was composed of four stacked tetrachords called (from lowest to highest) the Hypaton , Meson ...