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Common chord   /kˈɑmən kɔrd/   Listen
Common chord

noun
1.
A three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones.  Synonym: triad.






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"Common chord" Quotes from Famous Books



... as they should be, and might be, if the subject were pursued scientifically as other questions in science are.) Again, might not telepathy be facilitated if we chose individuals of the same general temperament? If we chose two individuals to whom the same chord on the piano appealed (say the common chord of G minor or C sharp), and this chord were struck repeatedly, might not telepathic transmission be facilitated under such conditions? If both subjects were hypnotized, and the agent were told to "will" certain figures, etc., might not the percipient receive ...
— The Problems of Psychical Research - Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal • Hereward Carrington



Words linked to "Common chord" :   triad, chord



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