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Sixth chord is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SIXTH CHORD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sixth chord

The term sixth chord refers to two different kinds of chord, the first in classical music and the second in modern popular music. The original meaning of the term is a chord in first inversion, in other words with its third in the bass and its root a sixth above it. This is how the term is still used in classical music today, and in this sense it is also called a chord of the sixth. In modern popular music, a sixth chord is any triad with an added sixth above the root as a chord factor. This was traditionally called an added sixth chord or triad with added sixth since Jean-Philippe Rameau in the 18th century. It is not common to designate chord inversions in popular music, so there is no need for a term designating the first inversion of a chord, and so the term sixth chord can be used in popular music as a short way of saying added sixth chord. When not otherwise specified, it usually means a major triad with an added major sixth interval. However, a minor triad is also used, together with the same interval, resulting in a minor sixth chord.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SIXTH CHORD

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diminished seventh chord
dominant seventh chord
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major seventh chord
minor seventh chord
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Synonyms and antonyms of sixth chord in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sixth chord» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SIXTH CHORD

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Translator English - Chinese

第六弦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acorde de sexta
570 millions of speakers

English

sixth chord
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छठे राग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوتر السادس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шестой аккорд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acorde de sexta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছয়বার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sixte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kord yang keenam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sextakkord
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

第六の和音
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

여섯째 코드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Enem penghubung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hợp âm thứ sáu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆறாவது நாண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सहावा जीवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Altıncı akor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sesta corda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

akord szósty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шостий акорд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a șasea coardă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έκτη χορδή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sesde koord
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

sjätte ackord
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

sjette akkord
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIXTH CHORD»

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A Chord in Time: The Evolution of the Augmented Sixth from ...
This book will appeal to music analysts by providing a chronological framework for further stylistic and harmonic analysis.
Mark R. Ellis, 2010
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Alfred's Group Piano for Adults Student Book: An Innovative ...
4 The German Sixth Chord The German sixth (iv^ ) sounds like a dominant seventh chord. Its origin is a minor seventh chord built on the subdominant, with a raised root. To find a German sixth chord, build a dominant seventh chord on the  ...
E. L. Lancaster, Kenon D. Renfrow, 2008
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The Harvard Dictionary of Music
Sixth chord. A *triad in first inversion (i.e., with the third as the lowest-sounding pitch, e.g., e-g-c'), so called because the root then forms a sixth with the lowest- sounding pitch while the fifth of the triad forms a third; hence, also termed a six- three ...
Don Michael Randel, 2003
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The Music Sound:
They can be considered as belonging to either of two separate groups: Group1: Chords that contain a sixth chord member, i.e., a note separated by the interval of a sixth from the chord's root, such as: 1. The major sixth chord (also called, sixth ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014
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The Theory of Musical Composition: Treated with a View to a ...
A four-fold chord in the first inversion, and, according to the numeriml method of naming, a third-tiflh-sixth chord, is concisely called a jfih-sl'zlh chord or a .n' zthjzfih chord, or a chord of Me fifih-n'zth or sirlhfflh. The second inversion of a four-fold ...
Gottfried Weber, John Bishop, 1851
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Theory of Musical Composition, Treated with a View to a ...
A four-fold chord in the first inversion, and, according to the numerical method of naming, a third-fifth-sixth chord, is concisely called a fifth-sixth chord or a sixth- fifth chord, or a chord of the fifth-sixth or sixth-fifth. The second inversion of a ...
Gottfried Weber, 1853
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How to Play from a Fake Book
The major sixth chord is formed by adding the tone a major sixth above the root ( or a whole tone above the fifth) to a major triad. The note added on to a C major triad to make it a sixth chord, then, would be A. In fake charts, the major sixth ...
Michael Esterowitz, 1986
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ALFRED'S Group Piano FOR ADULTS
Introduce Playing a Chord Progression That Uses a French Sixth Chord (p. 277). 2. Introduce Playing a Chord Progression That Uses a Neapolitan Sixth Chord (p. 277). 3. Review Exercise No. 7 (pp. 278-279). 4. Review Prelude in G Minor (p.
E. L. Lancaster, Kenon D. Renfrow, 1996
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Harmony & Theory
... a sixth chord. The sixth interval may be voiced next to the fifth, in a different octave than the fifth, or replacing the fifth altogether. The chord symbol for a sixth chord is the letter name of the chord followed by the number 6, as in "C6" or " Cmi6.
Keith Wyatt, Carl Schroeder, 1998
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Alfred's Teach Yourself Keyboard Chords
A major sixth chord (6) is a four-note chord consisting of the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th tones of the major scale. Refer back to the scales on page 9. Using the chart, you should be able to construct any major sixth chord. (There is no difference ...
Edison, Roger

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIXTH CHORD»

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Weill Times
For example, the last chord of “My Ship”—which in the show marks a big event in this woman's life—is what we call an F sixth chord. It sounds, OK, like a pretty ... «TheaterJones Performing Arts News, Apr 15»
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Train Horns That Keep Me And My Wife Awake At Night, Ranked
This horn blows a sweet and friendly major-sixth chord of some kind. I suspect it is a Nathan Airchime P01235 that has been degraded by time. What a human ... «Deadspin, Feb 15»
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Beck's Sheet Music Project Revives A Great Tradition
On paper, it looked interesting: a bunch of minor sixth chords, which were new to me, and suspended ninths, and possibly even a diminished chord. I wasn't ... «WNYC, Dec 12»
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'World's longest concert' resumes
This weekend, weights holding down the organ pedals will be shifted and the sixth chord change will occur, to much celebration in the town centre. «BBC News, Jul 08»

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