All 3 Uses of
chord
in
Gone with the Wind
- War and marriage and childbirth had passed over her without touching any deep chord within her and she was unchanged.†
Chpt 2.12 *
- Scarlett struck a few chords and her voice floated out to them from the parlor, sweetly, sadly, in the words of a popular song: "Into a ward of whitewashed walls Where the dead and dying lay— Wounded with bayonets, shells and balls— Somebody's darling was borne one day.†
Chpt 3.17
- The piano was sadly out of tune but some of the chords were musical and Melanie was raising her voice to lead the others in "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing!"†
Chpt 3.28
Definition:
a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together; or figuratively in the expression "struck a cord" to mean that someone's idea or feeling was in harmony with another or others