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Definition of: tetrachord
(tet′rə·kôrd) noun Music
1. A scale series of half an octave.
2. The interval of a perfect fourth. [<Gk. tetrachordon a musical instrument <tetras group of four + chordē string]
—tet′ra·chor′dal adjective
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