Scan 125
The American History and Encyclopedia of Music, 1908
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1chord
26 a chord of the second; the third inversion of a seventh chord.
32, 4, or 4 2 2
48 3, 5, or 5 3 3
5a triad in fundamental position.
66 4, 4, or 4 3 3
7a chord of the third, fourth and sixth; second inversion of a seventh chord.
86 4, or 4 2 2
9a chord of the second; the third inversion of a seventh chord.
105 soprano takes the fifth of the root.
116, or 6 3
12a chord of the sixth; first inversion of a triad.
136 4
14a chord of the fourth and sixth; second inversion of a triad.
156 4
16third inversion of a chord of the ninth.
172
186 6, or 5 5 3
19a chord of the fifth and sixth; first inversion of a seventh chord.
206 5
21second inversion of a chord of the ninth.
227 7, or 5 3
23a chord of the seventh in fundamental position.
247 6
25fourth inversion of a chord of the ninth.
267 6
27first inversion of a chord of the ninth.
288 soprano takes octave of the root.
299 a chord of the ninth in fundamental position.
309 7 3 9
31a chord of the ninth with fifth omitted.
325 3 10
33a chord of the ninth with the seventh omitted.
348 11 9
35tenth and octave instead of third and prime.
36eleventh and ninth instead of fourth and second.
37O or ~ bass should be played as written, or in octaves (tasto solo).
39chord, diatonic
40When two or more figures are written above the bass the widest interval is always expressed by the upper figure. When a #, b, h, X, or bb stands alone over a bass note, it indicates that the third of the chord should be raised or lowered accordingly. An oblique line through a figure signifies that the interval is to be sharpened. A dash (—) after a figure means that the note for which it stands is to be prolonged into the next chord.
41chord a vido (kōrd ä-vē'-dō) It.
42An old name for the sound given out by the open strings of the violin or similar instrument.
43chord, anomalous
44A chord containing an interval which has been made very sharp or flat in tempering the scale for instruments of fixed pitch.
45chord, accidental
46A chord is the simultaneous sounding of a number of tones. An accidental chord is the term used when one or more of the tones are either held back or played before the other tones of the chord.
47chord, altered
48A chord in which one of the notes has been lowered or raised a half tone without affecting a change of key.
49chord, augmented
50A chord containing a major third, four half steps, and an augmented fifth, eight half steps. Same as redundant chord.
51chord, broken
52A chord whose tones are sounded in succession instead of simultaneously. Equivalent to arpeggio.
53chord, characteristic
54The principal or characteristic chord. A chord that is built up on the dominant or fifth note of the key in which the music is written. The same as dominant chord.
55chord, chromatic
56A chord that contains one or more chromatic signs, sharps, flats or natural.
57chord, common
58A chord composed of the fundamental note, or note upon which the chord is built, plus a note an interval of a third above it, plus another note at an interval of a fifth.
59chord, diatonic
60A chord formed by tones in the same standard scale.
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