Decachord
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Decachord is a noun meaning A musical instrument mentioned in the Psalms, having ten strings and thought to resemble a lute or psaltery.
Meaning
A musical instrument mentioned in the Psalms, having ten strings and thought to resemble a lute or psaltery.
More Meanings
- Anything having ten parts, especially something of mystical Christian significance.
- (music) A set of ten pitches used to create a musical mode.
- (historical, music) An Ancient Greek musical instrument with ten strings, resembling the harp.
Example Sentences
Thou City of the Lord! Whose everlasting music Is the glorious decachord!
Apollo himself is depicted with a decachord, that is, an instrument with ten tuned strings, or ten harmonising voices, otherwise a cithara.
The first is the view taken by the Syriac and Arabic versions, which make the lute to be the decachord, and the harp the mere accompaniment to a song.
The last presents the decachord theme in the form of a necklace of ten pieces of silver, precious and significant only when the pieces were not separated.
Word Forms
- decachords
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include polychord, decachordon, octachord, enneachord, pentachord, dichord.
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