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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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

The first three holes play a major chord on blow and draw, with and without the slide. Source: Internet

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