major chord
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major chord (plural major chords)
(music) Any musical chord which has the tones a major third (as opposed to a minor third) and a perfect fifth above its root, i.e. the notes of a major triad, but possibly containing other intervals, such as a seventh or ninth.
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For example, while fretting a sustained "F" (on the third fret of the "D" string), underneath an F major chord being played by a piano player, a bassist might hold down the "C" and low "F" below this note so their harmonics sound sympathetically.
The goal of transformational theory is to change the focus from musical objects—such as the "C major chord " or "G major chord"—to relations between objects.
The Stabat Mater section toward the end of the piece concludes on a simple chord of D major, and this gesture is repeated at the very end of the work, which finishes on a triumphant E major chord.
The section concludes with a full choral treatment of the lyric " Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me!", on a block B major chord.
Originally the 'standard' EBGDAE tuning was changed to allow 'open' i.e. major chord tunings to accommodate using the straight steel bar and not require changing string gauges.
The first three holes play a major chord on blow and draw, with and without the slide.