'Consecutive chords' definitions:

Definition of 'Consecutive chords'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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]