common chord

Noun
Synonyms: triad

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Noun (1)

  1. a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tonesSynonyms: triadType of chord
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Common chord

Music, a chord consisting of the fundamental tone, with its third and fifth.

From the entry Common.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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