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block chord

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noun

  1. a two-handed chord played usually in the middle range of the piano with the left hand duplicating or complementing the right-hand notes.

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An actress of great intelligence and emotional nuance, immune to convention, Moss excels at characters with a note, or a block chord, of complication.

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