Definition of Chord. Meaning of Chord. Synonyms of Chord

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Chord. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Chord and, of course, Chord synonyms and on the right images related to the word Chord.

Definition of Chord

Chord
Chord Chord, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Chording.] To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. When Jubal struck the chorded shell. --Dryden. Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. --Beecher.
Chord
Chord Chord, v. i. (Mus.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
Chord
Chord Chord, n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. ?. In the sense of a string or small rope, in general, it is written cord. See Cord.] 1. The string of a musical instrument. --Milton. 2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord. 3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve. 4. (Anat.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4. 5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. --Waddell. Accidental, Common, & Vocal chords. See under Accidental, Common, and Vocal. Chord of an arch. See Illust. of Arch. Chord of curvature, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point. Scale of chords. See Scale.

Meaning of Chord from wikipedia

- Look up chord in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chord or chords may refer to: Chord (music), an aggregate of musical pitches sounded simultaneously...
- music theory, a chord is a group of notes pla**** together for their harmonic consonance or dissonance. The most basic type of chord is a triad, so called...
- In jazz music, the lydian chord is the major 7♯11 chord, or ♯11 chord, the chord built on the first degree of the Lydian mode, the sharp eleventh being...
- composition, a chord progression or harmonic progression (informally chord changes, used as a plural) is a succession of chords. Chord progressions are...
- Chord Paul Overstreet (born February 17, 1989) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Sam Evans on the Fox television series...
- A power chord Play, also called a fifth chord, is a colloquial name for a chord on guitar, especially on electric guitar, that consists of the root note...
- A seventh chord is a chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh above the chord's root. When not otherwise specified, a...
- A chord (from the Latin chorda, meaning "bowstring") of a circle is a straight line segment whose endpoints both lie on a circular arc. If a chord were...
- of chord names and symbols in different contexts to represent musical chords. In most genres of po****r music, including jazz, pop, and rock, a chord name...
- In music, a Barre chord (also spelled bar chord) is a type of chord on a guitar or other stringed instrument pla**** by using one finger to press down...