chordal
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or resembling a chord.
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of or relating to music that is marked principally by vertical harmonic movement rather than by linear polyphony.
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Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
His chordal shapes are different than mine but I’m following the rhythm to make sure I’m staying in the pocket.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Less so is Nina Barzegar, whose world premiere “Inexorable Passage” was thrilling in its fusion of experimental, extended-technique effects, as well as melodic and chordal inventions.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2022
But Walker’s signature feel for contrast — including alternations between motifs that ring out and peremptory chordal bursts — is still evident.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2022
Triads are the chords around which every harmonic, or chordal, journey is structured, in virtually all the Western music written between the early fifteenth century and our own time.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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