broken chord

noun

, Music.

broken chord

The music ended with a broken chord, and he looked up—to find his friend gazing at him with ineffable happiness.

Avoid broken-chord effects, that is, do not use more than three tones belonging to the same chord in succession.

This would be something startling on drum and cymbals, with, on 'cello, a broken chord.

At the outset we see the leading motive, which consists of an ascending broken chord twice repeated.

Like the moan of a broken chord wails the thought of departure.

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