chording
Britishnoun
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the distribution of chords throughout a piece of harmony
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the intonation of a group of instruments or voices
Example Sentences
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"Ragtime Jimmy" played in the classic razzmatazz style� heavy chording in the bass and light finagling in the treble�of which he is still in perfect possession.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chicagoan Miller will please "progressives" with his tricky beat and boppish chording.
From Time Magazine Archive
All his favorites, chording slower and slower, quieter and quieter.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Thankfully my injured thumb was on my chording hand, where it would be a relatively minor inconvenience.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
After identifying Les from an online rogues' gallery, Art had spent the next six hours sitting on a hard bench, chording desultorily on his thigh, doing some housekeeping.
From Eastern Standard Tribe by Doctorow, Cory
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