chord
pronunciation
How to pronounce chord in British English:
UK [kɔːd]
How to pronounce chord in American English:
US [kɔːrd]
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- Noun:
- a straight line connecting two points on a curve
- a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
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- Verb:
- play chords on (a string instrument)
- bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
Word Origin
- chord
- chord: see cord
- chord (n.1)
- "related notes in music," 1590s, ultimately a shortening of accord (or borrowed from a similar development in French) and influenced by Latin chorda "catgut, a string" of a musical instrument (see cord (n.)). Spelling with an -h- first recorded c. 1600, from confusion with chord (n.2). Originally two notes; of three or more from 18c.
- chord (n.2)
- "structure in animals resembling a string," 1540s, alteration of cord (n.), by influence of Greek khorde "gut-string, string of a lyre, tripe," from PIE *ghere- "gut, entrail" (see yarn). The geometry sense is from 1550s; meaning "feeling, emotion" first attested 1784.
Example
- 1. Also buy a chord sheet if you will use it !
- 2. Motivation often comes from unique places so if one of these strikes a chord , use it !
- 3. At first he attempted to cram ever more intothewestern harmony of jazz tunes : an ever-denser architecture of chord changes .
- 4. In a country where humility and a community spirit are highly prized , the sight of the besuited mr hirano mucking in with the other cookery class members , like a well-meaning nephew slightly out of his depth , strikes a chord .
- 5. The story of hardship and grit touches a chord with rowling , who began writing harry potter as an unemployed single mother .