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com·mon chord
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common chord, triadnoun
a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones
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Common Chord
Common Chord is an album by American musician David Grisman released in 1993. Blending different genres such as classical music, bluegrass, rock and jazz, this album includes (Jim Kerwin, Enrique Coria, Jerry Garcia, Mark O'Connor), but also classical violin virtuoso, Daniel Kobialka, Grisman's son Monroe on guitar, and many others.
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common chord
A common chord in music is a chord that is shared between two different keys or scales. It is often used as a pivot chord in modulation, serving as a bridge to smoothly transition from one key to another. In geometry, a common chord is a line segment that intersects two circles at two distinct points, essentially being a segment of the secant line that both circles share.
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Common chord
A common chord is a chord that is diatonic to more than one key or, in other words, is common to two keys. A "common chord" may also be defined as a triadic chord or as one of the most commonly used chords in a key. Common chords are frequently used in modulations, in a type of modulation known as common chord modulation or diatonic pivot chord modulation. It moves from the original key to the destination key by way of a chord both keys share. For example, G major and D major share 4 chords in common: G, Bm, D, Em. This can be easily determined by a chart similar to the one below, which compares chord qualities. The I chord in G major—a G major chord—is also the IV chord in D major, so I in G major and IV in D major are aligned on the chart. Any chord with the same root note and chord quality can be used as the "pivot chord." However, chords that are not generally found in the style of the piece are also not likely to be chosen as the pivot chord. The most common pivot chords are the predominant chords in the new key. When analyzing a piece that uses this style of modulation, the common chord is labeled with its function in both the original and the destination keys, as it can be seen either way.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of common chord in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of common chord in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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