How to pronounce sextet
American English pronunciation
seks-TET
- IPA
- /sɛksˈtɛt/
- Syllables
- seks · TET (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What sextet means
A group of six musicians who play or sing together
In a sentence: The jazz sextet had two horns, a piano, a guitar, a bass and drums.
Where it comes from: It comes from an older spelling, sextette, and from sestetto, an Italian word built on the number six.
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