common chord


noun
  1. music a chord consisting of the keynote, a major or minor third, and a perfect fifth: the notes G, B, and D form the common chord of G major

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How to use common chord in a sentence

  • So he returns in hope and patience to the C major, the common chord of life.

    Browning's Shorter Poems | Robert Browning
  • At that striking of the common chord I saw them heave, promiscuous and unanimous, up the steps to the stage.

  • He saw he could not punish the good spinet because he did not know enough to strike a common chord.

  • With that he returns to human life, content to labour in its limits—the common chord is his.

    The Poetry Of Robert Browning | Stopford A. Brooke
  • Every stronghold is being assailed, from the "divine" rights of property to the common chord of C major.

    Ivory Apes and Peacocks | James Huneker