chord
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He sings with an unusual drawl that connects to the diction of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, and his compact melodies and tightly structured chord progressions put his voice and lyrics in the foreground.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Distilled to vocals, guitar, bass, piano and drums as Perry sheds a lifetime of weight, the song ends on a single, resonant power chord — a sonic declaration of liberation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The pianist pauses, takes a preparatory breath, then with the left hand gently plays the notes of a chord, one after another, in a manner called arpeggiation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
While he didn’t have any updates for her, the conversation with Jessica apparently struck a chord, and he asked a homicide detective named Anthony Stafford to review Cynthia’s case.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Figure 5.25: To find out what to call a note added to a chord, count the notes of the scale named by the chord.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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"The Weary Blues" by Langston Hughes
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 1
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Music - Introductory
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