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Dictionary Of Music, 1896
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1from the least appealing of all, the minor triad, to the most dissonant of sevenths and ninths. According to another view, all chords are triads (three tones), sevenths (four tones), or ninths (five tones). And all are derived from forms like the following:
3Chorda (kör'dā), Lat. A string of a musical instrument.
5Chord, accidental. A chord produced either by anticipation or suspension.
7Chorda characteristic (kör'dā kā'rāk-tē-ris'tik). Lat. The leading, or characteristic, note or tone.
9Chorda, dominant septima. The dominant chord of the seventh.
11Chordae essentials (kör'dā ēs-sē'u'tsē-ā'lēs), Lat. These are the tonic, third and fifth of each diatonic mode or scale.
13Chordae vocales (kör'dā vō-kā'lēs), Lat. Vocal chords.
15Chord, anomalous. A chord in which one or more of the intervals are greater or less than of those of the fundamental chord.
17Chordanlodian. The name given to a musical instrument resembling a large barrel organ, self-acting. It was invented by Kaufmann, of Dresden.
19Chord a vido (kör'd ā vē dō), It. A name formerly given to a sound drawn from the open string of a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument.
21Chord, characteristic. The principal chord; the leading chord.
23Chord, chromatic. A chord that contains one or more chromatic tones.
25Chord, common. A chord consisting of a fundamental note, together with its third and fifth.
27Chord, dominant. A chord that is found on the dominant of the key in which the music is written. (2) The leading, or characteristic chord.
29Chord, equivocal. A name sometimes given to the diminished seventh.
31Chordienst (kör'dēnst), Ger. Choir or choral service.
33Chord, imperfect common. A chord founded on the leading tone. It has a minor third and diminished fifth.
35Chord, inverted. A chord whose lowest tone is not the fundamental but the third, fifth, or seventh from the true fundamental.
37Chorddirector (kör'dī-rēk-tōr'), Ger. The director who trains the chorus at the opera-house.
39Chord, leading. The dominant chord.
41Chord nona. Chord of the ninth.
43Chord of the eleventh. A chord founded on the chord of the ninth by adding the interval of the eleventh.
45Chord of the fifth and sixth. (5) The first inversion of the chord of the seventh, formed by taking the third of the original chord for the bass, and consisting of that together with its third, fifth, and sixth.
47Chord of the fourth and fifth. (4) Chord of the eleventh, with the seventh and ninth omitted.
49Chord of the fourth and sixth. (4) The second inversion of the common chord.
51Chord of the ninth. (9) A chord consisting of a third, fifth, seventh, and ninth with its root.
53Chord of the second and fourth. (12) The third inversion of the seventh.
55Chord of the seventh. (7) A chord consisting of the root, together with the third, fifth, and seventh.
57Chord of the sixth. (6) The first inversion of the common chord.
59Chord of the third, fourth, and sixth. (6) The second inversion of the chord of the seventh.
61Chord of the thirteenth. Founded on the chord of the ninth by adding the eleventh and the thirteenth.
63Chord of the critone. Third inversion of the dominant seventh containing a superfluous fourth.
65Chordometer. An instrument for measuring strings.
67Chords, derivative. Chords derived from the fundamental chords.
69Chords, diminished. Chords having minor thirds and diminished fifths and sevenths.
71Chords, imperfect. Those which do not contain all the intervals belonging to them.
73Chords, relative. Chords containing one or more tones in common.
75Chords, small threefold. A common chord with a minor third.
77Chord, threefold. The common chord.
79Chord, transient. A chord in which, in order to smooth the transition from one chord to another, notes are introduced which do not form any component part of the fundamental harmony.
81Chöre (kör'ē), Ger. pl. Choirs, choruses.
83Chorea (kör'ē-ā), Lat. A dance in a ring; a dance.
85Choree (kör'ē), Gr. In ancient poetry a foot of two syllables, the first long, the second short; the trochee.
87Choreus (kör'ē-ōos), Lat. The choree, or trochee.
89Chorambus. A musical foot, accented thus: _—__—_.
91Chorion (kör'i-ōn), Gr. A hymn in praise of Cybele.
93Chori praefectus (kör'ē prā-fēk'tōos), Lat. A chanter.
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