Gil Scott-Heron

If you're supposed to be doing something, the spirits will come and help you. They have helped me out with lines I shouldn't have known, chords I shouldn't have known. Every once in a while I get lines from somewhere, and I think, I better write this down.

American Poet

Gene Wilder

I trust if your life is right, the right things will happen at the right time. If the chords are in harmony inside, I think other things will happen in the same way. That sounded highfalutin' to me once, but I believe it now.

American Actor

Keanu Reeves

Sometimes when you make a film you can go away for three months and then come back and live your life. But this struck a much deeper chord. I don't have the ability yet to speak about it in an objective.

Canadian Actor

John Prine

Soon as I could play one guitar chord and laid my ear upon that wood, I was gone. My soul was sold. Music was everything from then on.

American Singer

Glenn Frey

Except for a few guitar chords, everything I've learned in my life that is of any value I've learned from women.

American Musician

Jaya Prada

I'm listening to scripts and would like to play characters that'd strike a chord with the masses.

Indian Actress

Willie Nelson

Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.

Neil Innes

I used to help Viv with the chords and melodies sometimes.

British Writer

Jake Shears

There are only so many chords and notes in the world.

Harlan Howard

Country music is three chords and the truth.

Chord denotes harmony, used metaphorically to suggest agreement or pleasant combination in non-musical contexts too.

Harmonic Context

Chords may sometimes clash or sound dissonant, especially in modern music genres.

Not Always Melodic

Remember that a chord is different from a diameter; it doesn't necessarily pass through the center.

Not a Diameter

Visualizing a circle and a straight line within it helps in understanding the concept of a chord.

Geometry Imagery

Chord can imply a deep emotional response or a connection on a personal level.

Emotional Impact

Using 'chord' shows commonality of feeling or experience among people.

Common Ground

Chording a melody adds richness and complexity to simple tunes.

Musical Enhancement

Chording requires musical knowledge; it's an advanced skill beyond playing simple melodies.

Compositional Skill

 their visceral passion talking about music, it definitely stirred something in me, and I'm a sucker for anyone talking devotedly about the power of music. And I started to write down on these little note cards every time I heard something that struck a chord in me, pardon the pun, or something that I thought I could use,

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 theory that have deconstructed music into four hundred elements beats per minute presence of parallel octaves block chords prevalence of harmony Cordle patterning and such and when they do that and they understand the nuance of those ratings they can actually activate a music discovery system that

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 I believe we need to do more to help people who are victimized by crime, not do less. And I think our current punishment philosophy does nothing for no one. And I think that's the orientation that we have to change. Bryan, you've struck a massive chord here. You're an inspiring person.

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 and the opening between them, which is called the glottis. The movement of the diaphragm initiates a sudden intake of air, but the closure of the vocal chords stops it from entering the wind pipe and reaching the lungs. It also creates the characteristic "hic."

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 phrase we don't inherit the earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our grandchildren and for me that really strikes a chord because I want my children to be able to swim with dolphins I want them to be able to dive on a coral reef everybody can make a

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 As doctors learn how to test patients and understand certain tumor genetic types, they can help us determine which patients can benefit from this strategy and which gene blockers we can use. Ovarian cancer strikes a special chord with me.

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 even using a group theory notation indicating turns. And it's not just good for puzzle solving. Group theory is deeply embedded in music, as well. One way to visualize a chord is to write out all twelve musical notes

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 without question. The second chord is C minor, a sour sonority that mirrors Tamino's sadness and doubt in the middle of the opera. That's when his world and notions of good and evil get turned on their heads.

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 well you only got three chords ah we'll make them sound like a million bucks chain change in recognition of all you've done the people of the world hereby crown you queen also

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 raise your eyebrows, and everybody will know." Right. He gets to E, but it's the wrong chord. Now, he tries E again. That chord doesn't work.