Tetratonic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Tetratonic is an adjective meaning (music) Made of four different musical notes.
Meaning
(music) Made of four different musical notes.
More Meanings
- (music) Pertaining to or using a tetratonic scale.
- (biochemistry, rare) Made of four amino acids.
Example Sentences
Tetratonic music was noted as common in Polynesia and Melanesia.
Pentatony can also come about through the simple complement and melodic development of the tetratonic melodic nucleus.
PHOSPORUS/ELECTRON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS: High temperature negative ions, Electron impact study of tetratonic phosphorus vapor
Of course such tetratonic music is capable of powerful expression in its own particular mood but there has apparently been no attempt to evolve form as such.
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