chord
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In fact, it often fails to strike the intended chord with prospective viewers.
From Salon
In a sense, Kirk has adopted a strategy used by pianists like Nat King Cole; when Cole plays the melody, or the “head” as musicians call it, he often phrases orchestrally, in rich block chords.
By contrast, in a U.S. pop hit, “you can do four chords the whole time,” or just loop a single section of music over and over.
He cheerfully refused broadcast interviews because he knew how his rasping vocal chords could be interpreted.
From BBC
Sometimes that summary nestles within internal stirrings, like the goosebumps produced by the opening chords of Jane’s Addiction’s “Ocean Size” when Sydney Chandler’s Wendy realizes she can speak to the xemomorphs.
From Salon
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