- Consecutive chords
- Consecutive Con*sec"u*tive, a. [Cf. F. cons['e]cutif. See
{Consequent}.]
1. Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular
order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession;
with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.
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2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding. [1913 Webster]
The actions of a man consecutive to volition. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
3. (Mus.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden. [1913 Webster]
{Consecutive chords} (Mus.), chords of the same kind succeeding one another without interruption. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
