septets

Groups of seven

Septets are groups of seven, most commonly seven musicians performing together or a musical composition written for seven instruments or voices.

The term appears in other contexts where seven elements form a unit: The poem's septets follow a strict rhyme scheme.

Also spelled septettes.

ensemble

seven

Fourth prime number

heptadGroup of seven
groupAssembled collection of things
bandGroup playing music together

combo · unit · lineup · collective · crew · squad · troupe · assembly · gathering · company

chamber

quartet

Ensemble of four

quintetGroup of five
sextetEnsemble of six
octetGroup of precisely eight

trio · duet · ensemble · musicians · players · performers · instrumentalists · strings · winds · brass

verse

stanza

Poem's line grouping

linesStrokes connecting two points
coupletTwo successive verse lines
tercetThree-line verse unit

quatrain · sestet · octave · meter · verse · rhyme · ballad · poetry · Chaucer · iambic

Opposites

numerical grouping size

septetssolos

Single-performer pieces

singles · singletons · masses · multitudes · crowds

singularity vs. multiplicity

septetssolo

Performance by one

individual · singleton · soloist · unaccompanied · one

Family

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