All 8 Uses of
chord
in
War and Peace
- Denisov, with sparkling eyes and ruffled hair, sat at the clavichord striking chords with his short fingers, his legs thrown back and his eyes rolling as he sang, with his small, husky, but true voice, some verses called "Enchantress," which he had composed, and to which he was trying to fit music: Enchantress, say, to my forsaken lyre What magic power is this recalls me still?†
Chpt 4
- Sonya struck the first chord of the prelude.†
Chpt 4 *
- Oh, how that chord vibrated, and how moved was something that was finest in Rostov's soul!†
Chpt 4
- He took the guitar a little above the fingerboard, arching his left elbow with a somewhat theatrical gesture, and, with a wink at Anisya Fedorovna, struck a single chord, pure and sonorous, and then quietly, smoothly, and confidently began playing in very slow time, not My Lady, but the well-known song: Came a maiden down the street.†
Chpt 7
- "Now then, niece!" he exclaimed, waving to Natasha the hand that had just struck a chord.†
Chpt 7
- She asked "Uncle" for his guitar and at once found the chords of the song.†
Chpt 7
- Dimmler struck a chord and, turning to Natasha, Nicholas, and Sonya, remarked: "How quiet you young people are!"†
Chpt 7
- Just then the last chords of the overture were heard and the conductor tapped with his stick.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(chord as in: piano chord) a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together