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Synonyms for chord

a straight line connecting two points on a curve

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a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together

play chords on (a string instrument)

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bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing

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This requires moving from Non-Return to Zero ('NRZ') to new modulation technologies such as four-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4), or alternatively the use of Chord signaling.
Beginning with the basics of I and V chords in the preparatory levels, it builds to seventh and ninth chords, use of most major and minor keys, and challenging key changes in the final book.
This has come as a shock after it seemed that it was full steam ahead with Chord, who played Sam Evans in the hit US musical comedy-drama.
The second line voicings follow the perfect fourths built down from the root and/or the fifth note of the chord. With the Cmi7 chord, I opted to keep the voicing close to the others by having the right hand play the root at the top and then the 5th and 3rd with the left hand playing the root and 7th.
In a new study, researchers from the Columbia University found that skilled improvisers are better than musicians with limited improvisational experience at distinguishing between chords that can be used interchangeably in a piece of music and chords that cannot.
Several studies on the helicopter blade root chord length and blade taper have been conducted recently for different reasons.
THE CHORD MOJO: STUDIO-GRADE HEADPHONE AMP & DAC LAUNCHES IN INDIA
The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Chord Group and the GoIRA represents an important step in realising the new economic vision for the country.
--One bar of the dominant seventh or [V.sup.7] chord ([C.sup.7]).
SHOOSMITHS has worked with long-standing client Chord Investments to complete work on the sale, lease-back and refinancing of a large mixed-use scheme in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
But it will be isolated by Network Rail's scheme to link Piccadilly and Victoria stations with its Ordsall Chord route.
Or, you might be a songwriter that's just looking to put together an interesting chord and melody structure for a song you have in mind.