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heptachord

noun
hep·​ta·​chord | \ -ËŒkȯrd\

Definition of heptachord

1 : a 7-stringed lyre of ancient Greece
2 : a diatonic scale of seven notes or tones
3 : the interval of a seventh

History and Etymology for heptachord

Late Latin heptachordus with seven strings, from Greek heptachordos, from hepta- + -chordos stringed

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