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The Hexachord-System

      _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. _
     | E . . . . . . la . |
     | |
     | _ _ _ _ |
     | | D . . . . . la sol . |
     | | |
     | | s|
     | | C . . . . . sol fa . u|
     | | p|
     | | e|
   7.| | B . . . . . mi . r|
     | | a|
     | | c|
     | 6.| Bb . . . . . fa . u|
     | | t|
     | | _ æ|
     | H | | A . . . . la mi re . |
     | e | | |
     | x | | |
     | a | | G' . . . . sol re ut . |_
     |_c _ |_ _ _ _|
       h | | _
       o | _ _ _ | F' . . . . fa ut . . |
       r 5. | |
      _d _ _ _ _ _ | |
     | a | E' . . . la mi . . . |
H | H | |
e | m _e_ _ _| |
x | o | x | D' . . la sol re . . . |
a | l | a | |
c | l | c | a|
h 4.| i | h |_C' . . sol fa ut . . . c|
o | a | o u|
r | | r t|
d | 3.| d B' . . mi . . . . æ|
a | | a |
     | | |
d | | n Bb . . fa . . . . |
u | | a |
r | | t _ |
a | | u | A' . la mi re . . . . |_
     | | r |
     | | a | _
     |_ _ _|_l_ _ _| G . sol re ut . . . . |
           | i | |
           | a | |
            - - - -| F . fa ut . . . . . |
                 2.| |
      _ _ _ _ _ _ _| |
     | | E la mi . . . . . . |
     | | |
     | | |
     | | D sol re . . . . . . |
     | | |
     | | g|
     | |_C fa ut . . . . . . r|
     | a|
     | v|
   1.| B mi . . . . . . . e|
     | s|
     | |
     | A re . . . . . . . |
     | |
     | |
     |_ _ _ _ _ [Greek: G] ut . . . . . . . |_

Hexachords 1, 4 and 7 are called hard because they contain B, which was distinguished as B durum; hexachords 3 and 6 are called soft because they contain Bb or B molle (or B rotundum); and hexachords 2 and 5 are called natural because they contain neither B nor Bb.