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- noun Plural form of
polychord .
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When problems arose in credit markets, polychords rose above the drums.
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Specifically, I created two simple chord progressions that when played simultaneously create a new, composite progression of polychords.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The notation also provides slash-chords and polychords.
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010
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The notation also provides slash-chords and polychords.
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The notation also provides slash-chords and polychords.
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The notation also provides slash-chords and polychords.
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The notation also provides slash-chords and polychords.
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In fact, both the Second and Third Quartets exhibit many of the compositional characteristics that would be evident in Schuman's subsequent symphonies and works for dance: movements based on baroque forms such as the passacaglia and fugue, which appear in both the Second Quartet and Part I of the Third Symphony; complex rhythmic textures; harmonic structures that create piquant dissonances; polychords that combine major and minor triads; and an overall structural unity, something that was lacking in his earlier works.
NewMusicBox 2009
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