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tetrachord

series of four notes separated by three intervals
Class type of: sequence Q195688

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
scale, tetrad[2]
Subclass of
sequence[3]
Characteristic of
music of ancient Greece[8]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Riemann's Music Dictionary, Riemann's Music Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[4][5][6][7]
P14541
4TA0Pl[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en tetrachord en tetrachords ar عقد رباعي da Tetrakord es Tetracordio fa دانگ (موسیقی) fr tétracorde fr tétracordes he טטראקורד he טטרקורד it Tetracordi it Tetracordo ja テトラコルド ja テトラコード pl Tetrachord chromatyczny pl Tetrachord diatoniczny pl Tetrachord diatoniczny dorycki pl Tetrachord diatoniczny frygijski pl Tetrachord diatoniczny lidyjski pl Tetrachord dolny
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
532990
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
art/tetrachord
Freebase ID
/m/0kt4l
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
tetracord-1
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0146109, 0213611
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
2720, 2766
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
tetrakord
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4190521
Larousse ID
musdico/tétracorde/170355
Lex ID
tetrakord
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
142129184
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3986900
🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Characteristic of 1
music of ancient Greece
Subclass of 1
sequence
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Summary

tetrachord is a scale[1].

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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Riemann's Music Dictionary +2
    Instance of → scale, tetrad
    Subclass of → sequence
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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