Phrase Hound found 48 phrases and 38 compound words that contain chord. The most common are listed below. Open chord in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 48
- strike a chordTo elicit a significant reaction, especially one which is favorable or sympathetic.
- barre chordA guitar chord played by pressing down multiple strings on the fretboard with the same finger.
- striking a chordpresent participle and gerund of strike a chord
- chord progressionA pattern of two or more chords, often chords diatonic to a particular key.
- seventh chorda chord that contains four notes that make three thirds
- major chordAny musical chord which has the tones a major third (as opposed to a minor third) and a perfect fifth above its root, i.e. the notes of a major triad, but possibly containing other intervals, such as a seventh or ninth.
- Neapolitan chordA major chord with the lowered supertonic scale degree as the root, denoted by ♭II in Roman numeral notation.
- struck a chordsimple past and past participle of strike a chord
- strikes a chordthird-person singular simple present indicative of strike a chord: To elicit a significant reaction, especially one which is favorable or sympathetic.
- chord changeA change in the harmony of a piece of music, as it progresses, from one chord to another.
- chord changesplural of chord change: A change in the harmony of a piece of music, as it progresses, from one chord to another.
- slash chordA chord which has a bass note that is not the root note.
- touch a chordSynonym of strike a chord: To elicit a significant reaction, especially one which is favorable or sympathetic.
- Tristan chordA chord in musical composition consisting originally of the notes F, B, D♯ and G♯ which can be translated more generally in intervalic terms as: augmented fourth, augmented sixth and augmented ninth above a root. Enharmonically it sounds …
- diminished seventh chorda chord with the bass note, minor third, diminished fifth, and diminished seventh above it
- half-diminished seventh chorda chord with the bass note and the minor third, diminished fifth, and minor seventh above it, often denoted with 𝆩.
- accidental chordA chord containing one or more tones foreign to its proper harmony.
- bell chordA chord played as a sequence of single notes on multiple instruments (of the same or different kinds), sustained so that the chord can be heard.
- broken chordA chord whose notes are played in sequential descending or ascending order
- chord organAn electronic musical instrument having a single short keyboard and a set of chord buttons, enabling the musician to play a melody or lead with one hand and accompanying chords with the other.
- cluster chordA chord comprising at least three adjacent tones in a scale.
- common chordmajor triad (name for)
- cowboy chordAn open chord, i.e. one played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- minor chordAny musical chord which has a minor third, as opposed to a major third, above its root, especially a minor triad.
- ninth chordA chord with five notes that are thirds apart.
Compound words 38
- enneachordAn ancient Greek nine-stringed musical instrument.
- glassichordA 19th-century musical instrument made of glass plates that are struck by hammers or sticks.
- chordlessLacking chords.
- dichordA chord with two notes.
- chordlikeResembling or characteristic of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve).
- chordoepitheliomachordoma
- chordwiseIn the manner of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve).
- chordworkThe playing of chords (especially if technically accomplished).
- counterchordA counter-dominant chord.
- glasschordA crystallophone similar to a celesta that uses glass bars in place of metal ones.