altered chord

American

noun

Music.

a chord in which at least one tone has been changed from its normal pitch in the key.

altered chord British

noun

music a chord in which one or more notes are chromatically changed by the introduction of accidentals

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It is an altered chord, the altered tone being the super-tonic.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

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