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Invert :: Invert (v. t.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony..

Resolution :: Resolution (n.) The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.

Harpsichord :: Harpsichord (n.) A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano..

Polychord :: Polychord (n.) An apparatus for coupling two octave notes, capable of being attached to a keyed instrument..

Chord :: Chord (n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension..

Flugel :: Flugel (n.) A grand piano or a harpsichord, both being wing-shaped..

Sagitta :: Sagitta (n.) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string..

Seventh :: Seventh (n.) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished..

Manichordon :: Manichordon () The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.

Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.

Urochord :: Urochord (n.) The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates.

Harmony :: Harmony (n.) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.

Chord :: Chord (n.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord..

Progression :: Progression (n.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key.

Anticipation :: Anticipation (n.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord..

Cembalo :: Cembalo (n.) An old name for the harpsichord.

Figure :: Figure (n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression..

Hexachord :: Hexachord (n.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones..

Consonant :: Consonant (a.) harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords..

Splanchno-skeleton :: Splanchnopleure (n.) The inner, or visceral, one of the two lamellae into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the enteric canal and the umbilical vesicle are developed. See Somatopleure..

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