chord

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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

"I think it's really struck a chord with how people are feeling in the world right now - the world is in quite a stressy place," Rigden said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

She’s not starting on just a D-flat-major chord.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The record’s title track begins with a broad, reverberating chord akin to the Beatles’ opener on “A Hard Day’s Night” or closer on “A Day in the Life.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Anyway, the chord progression goes like this: it starts with G major, on a couple of downstrokes.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith