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quadrichordum
quadrichordum -i n. 1. viersaitiges (mythologisches) Instrument 2. Tetrachord — 1. (mythological) instrument with four strings 2. tetrachord 1 viersaitiges (mythologisches) Instrument, dessen Saiten im Abstand Quarte - Ganzton - Quarte angeordnet sind (6:8:9:12) — (mythological) instrument with four strings, the strings of which are arranged in the disposition: fourth - tone - fourth (6:8:9:12) [s.VI] LmL Boeth. mus. 1, 20 p. 206, 7: Simplicem principio fuisse musicam Nicomachus refert adeo, ut quattuor nervis constaret, idque usque ad Orpheum duravit, ut primus quidem nervus et quartus diapas…