chord
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3.2
- noun
- /kɔrd/
:
acorde
- The teacher explained how to create a chord using the root note and additional harmonies.
- chord progression
- play chords
- chords and melody
I I just learned the chords maybe two years ago.
- I I just learned the chords maybe two years ago.
- And they would start to replay that same piano chord over and over again.
- And he says, I played this chord and it was the wrong chord.
- That was so yeah, I had a little chord progression going.
- Let's take those chords and apply the melody in C major.
- Punk is still EA and D chords with a backbeat.
- So he's describing the chord progression in real time in the lyrics.
- So sometimes the song changes, but sometimes the chords repeat.
- I wouldn't say all The Beatles songs were just three chord shuffles.
- I'm listening to it one day and I'm thinking, I know all the chords in this song.
- They couldn't play that chord sequence smoothly on the piano or whatever it is.
Examples
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And almost just sitting down and knocking out a chord on the piano can be enough.
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I'm just working on my chords.
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And he says, I played this chord and it was the wrong chord.
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Now, let's hear the opening chord.
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As a whole class, students can decide on a chord progression they have developed using technology.
Academic text (2015) -
That's a basic chord structure for a major chord.
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And as the music goes down, they suggest chord progressions to you.
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The song started then, and the opening chords rocked her back on her heels.
Fiction book (1995) -
I swear, a heavenly chord echoed through the tent.
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A class set of iPads forms a virtual keyboard lab for playing chord progressions.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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7.0
A chord of three notes played together, usually root, third and fifth
A set of three notes played together, the main note and two higher notes, making a major or minor sound
A group of three musical notes or a musical instrument with three strings
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.3
A chord of three notes with one extra note seven notes above the first
- Specialized
A set of three notes played together, the main note and two higher notes, making a major or minor sound
- Specialized
A group of musical notes played together that sound tense and not smooth
How Dissonant
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7.3
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3.2
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7.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chord in music comes from Greek chordē, 'string', and is related to English cord. Early players would sound groups of strings together, so a chord is a group of notes heard at the same time.