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Polychord :: Polychord (n.) A musical instrument of ten strings.

Chord :: Chord (n.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.

Clavichord :: Clavichord (n.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord..

Trichord :: Trichord (n.) An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings..

Naked :: Naked (a.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth..

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

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

Wolf :: Wolf (a.) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament..

Octachord :: Octachord (n.) An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones.

Chorda :: Chorda (n.) A cord.

Neurochordal :: Neurochordal (a.) See Neurocord.

Chord :: Chord (n.) The string of a musical instrument.

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..

Diphycercal :: Diphycercal (a.) Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. See Protocercal..

Preparation :: Preparation (n.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension..

Cord :: Cord (n.) See Chord.

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

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

Root :: Root (n.) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed..

Harmonometer :: Harmonometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. It is often a monochord furnished with movable bridges.

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