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chordthree or more musical notes played together

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: three or more musical notes played together

Pronunciation (IPA): /kɔːrd/

Korean meaning: 화음, 코드 (세 개 이상의 음이 동시에 울리는 것)

Korean pronunciation: 코드 (강세: 코드)

Example Sentences

  • My guitar teacher said I play chords like I'm strangling a chicken.
  • The sad chord in the movie really struck a chord with the audience.
  • In geometry class, we learned that a chord never passes through the center of a circle.

chord

NOUN

//kɔːrd//

three or more musical notes played together

chord concept
💡 Concept

Three notes played together harmoniously

chord rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

The lord plays chords with his sword!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/kɔːrd/
🇬🇧 UK/kɔːd/

🌳Etymology

Rootchord

Origin

그리스어 'khordē'에서 유래되었는데, 원래 '악기의 줄'을 의미했습니다. 고대 그리스인들이 리라나 하프 같은 현악기의 줄을 보고 만든 단어가 나중에 음악의 화음과 기하학의 현을 모두 가리키게 되었습니다.

🎵Rhyme

lordwordswordboard
lord
word
sword
board

🔗Collocations

major chord
minor chord
play a chord
chord progression
strike a chord
vocal chord
broken chord

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My guitar teacher said I play chords like I'm strangling a chicken.

The sad chord in the movie really struck a chord with the audience.

In geometry class, we learned that a chord never passes through the center of a circle.

😄 Fun example

He hit the wrong chord and the whole song sounded like a musical accident.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

harmonynotetonesound

Antonyms

discorddissonancenoise

Related

melodyrhythmscalemusicpianoguitar

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