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chord
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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chord 1 †harmony XV; (mus.) concord, note of a chord XVI; combination in harmony of simultaneous notes XVIII. orig.
cord, aphetic of
ACCORD.
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Sus and Add Chords
Magazine article from: Acoustic Guitar; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...are called sus and add chords. Both of these chord types are closely related...can create sus2 and sus4 chords out of any major chord. Pictured below are some...tacks an extra note onto a chord, but, unlike sus chords, that note isn't a...
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Power Chords
Magazine article from: Acoustic Guitar; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...meaty, root-position "5" chords. Any chord can be powerful, but only...can claim the name, power chord. Most chords are built from three or more...strings form a ringing D power chord, you can pull off power chords up the neck to the open DS...
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Diminished Chords and Scales
Magazine article from: Acoustic Guitar; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Three Diminished-Chord Families Dim7 chords are a great bargain...instantly have four new chords. Because all four notes in a dim? chord are an equal distance...some of these new chord fingerings in context with other chords. The popular jazz...
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Jazz Chord Families
Magazine article from: Acoustic Guitar; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...find your own way among the chord galaxies. The chords we'll find in this lesson...thought of as variations on one chord shape: chords with the root on the sixth...take a look at the next basic chord family: chords with the third on the sixth...
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Chord voicings [Guitar technique]
Magazine article from: Canadian Musician; 1/1/2001; ; 693 words
; ...This article is about chords that sound interesting...use them creatively. Chord voicings. What in the...This is another moody chord. [Graph Not Transcribed...The extra heavy D power chord; This is one you can...you can move most bar chords. See Ex. E [starting...
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CHORDS ARE US
Magazine article from: Canadian Musician; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...you really understand the chord, its formula, and its individual sound. By practicing chords this way you will truly be...Keep in mind that these chords are exactly the same chords with the same chord formula (except for the...
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Partial Chord Shapes
Magazine article from: Acoustic Guitar; 12/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...step to playing partial chord shapes is to pick apart chords that you're already...how similar the G-chord options are to the F chords in Examples 2b and 2d...the neck to make other chords. This is true of any chord that doesn't include...
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Chord Melody: how to conquer jazz's most dazzling and daunting guitar style.(LESSONS: Style Council)
Magazine article from: Guitar Player; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...with simultaneous chords and melodies above...pursuing. A good chord melody arrangement...handling shifting chords and integrated melody...primary techniques in chord melody style is plucking...one and three, and chords (or a chord tone) on two and...
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Chord on Blues Fest
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 8/1/2000; 700+ words
; KRISTINA KRUG/SPECIAL TO THE BEACON NEWS Chord on Blues, in St. Charles, is host to Chord on Blues Fest, Friday through Sunday. Such...will perform on Friday and Saturday at the Chord on Blues Fest in St. Charles. Howard & The...
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Chord progressions
Magazine article from: Canadian Musician; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...language of jazz, the chords are words, and the chord progressions are sentences...look at or hear a chord progression and understand how the chords progress over 4...hear the sound of the chords, and understand how one chord moves to another...
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chord
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
chord 1 / kôrd / • n...together, as a basis of harmony: a G major chord. • v. [ intr. ] [usu...chording ) play, sing, or arrange notes in chords. DERIVATIVES: chord·al / ˈkô...
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six-four chord
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
six-four chord. 2nd inversion of a chord, e.g. C major chord with G in bass.
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added 6th, chord of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
added 6th, chord of. In key of C, the chord F–A–C–D and similarly in other keys, i.e. the subdominant chord plus the 6th from the bass (major 6th added to major or minor...
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common chord
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
common chord. A triad of which the 5th is perfect. In major common chord the 3rd is major and in minor common chord it is minor.
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piano signs for ‘spreading’ of chords
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...for ‘spreading’ of chords (‘Arpeggiated’...Instead of attacking the notes of the chord simultaneously, play them from the bottom...x2003;It is to be noted that all spread chords should be so played as not to destroy...
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