seventh chord

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noun Music.

a chord formed by the superposition of three thirds.

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Origin of seventh chord

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby seventh chord

Seventeenth Amendment, seventeen-year locust, seventh, Seventh Amendment, Seventh Avenue, seventh chord, Seventh Commandment, seventh cranial nerve, Seventh-Day, Seventh-Day Adventist, Seventh-Day Adventists

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How to use seventh chord in a sentence

Rick would cut together five years worth of work, add the sixth, then recut six years worth of work, add the seventh, and so on.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the chord structure, for those of you who play an instrument, is unexpected and worth checking out.
Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing.|Michael Tomasky|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The guitar is tuned to E, and an Eminor chord on a guitar just rings and rings forever.
Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing.|Michael Tomasky|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It does strike a chord when you see just how victimizing some of the media reports can be of Africa.
Idris Elba on Eric Garner, ‘Mi Mandela,’ and Selling Weed to Dave Chappelle|Marlow Stern|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

So she began trying out the beds, but none of them suited her until she found that the seventh one was just right.
In New Brothers Grimm 'Snow White', The Prince Doesn't Save Her|The Brothers Grimm|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
It will be no more monotonous than having one's seventh birthday or falling in love for the first time.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
There is quite a little knack in letting the hand fall so, but when you have once got it, the chord sounds much richer and fuller.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
When she struck the chord of G minor, it was the right preparation, and brought you immediately into the mood for what followed.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
It appears often as early as the sixth or seventh day; usually during the second week.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for seventh chord

seventh chord

noun

music a chord consisting of a triad with a seventh added above the rootSee dominant seventh chord, diminished seventh chord, major seventh chord, minor seventh chord

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