Dichord
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dichord is a noun meaning (music) A chord with two notes.
Meaning
(music) A chord with two notes.
More Meanings
- A musical instrument that has two sets of strings.
- An ancient two-stringed lute.
Example Sentences
This in turn may lead to splitting the final note of the song into a dichord without the necessary existence of overlapping, but the dichord may be an interval of any kind, since it is melodically formed.
Many modern instrument collections contain instruments shaped like eighteenth-century trumpet marines, but which might better be described as dichords equipped with common string instrument bridges so as to be played as basses.
Word Forms
- dichords
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include decachordon, tetrachord, polychord, decachord, quadrichord, octachord.
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