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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.

  2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.

    The actions of a man consecutive to volition.
    --Locke.

  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.

    Consecutive chords (Mus.), chords of the same kind succeeding one another without interruption.