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hexachord

[hek-suh-kawrd]

noun Music.

a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.

Origin:
1685–95; < Late Greek hexáchordos having six strings. See hexa-, chord¹

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Hexachord is always a great word to know.

So is dotted half rest. Does it mean:

tone lowered a half step in pitch

consists of a half rest plus a dot

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hexachord (ˈhɛksəˌkɔːd)

—n
	(in medieval musical theory) any of three diatonic scales based upon C, F, and G, each consisting of six notes, from which solmization was developed

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