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music-glossary: chord

 
 1.51 chord
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 ES: acorde, I: accordo, F: accord, D: Akkord, NL: akkoord, DK: akkord,
 S: ackord, FI: sointu.
 
    Two or more tones sounding simultaneously.  In traditional European
 music the base chord is a _triad_ consisting of two thirds.  _Major_
 (major + minor third) as well as _minor_ (minor + major third) chords
 may be extended with more thirds.  Four-tone _seventh chords_ and
 five-tone _ninth_ major chords are most often used as dominants
 (functional harmony).  Chords having no third above the lower notes to
 define their mood are a special case called ‘open chords’.  The lack of
 the middle third means their quality is ambivalent – neither major nor
 minor.
 
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 See also
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    functional harmony, interval, inversion,
 quality, third.
 

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