Chords and Notes

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Definitions of Chords not found.

Notes and chords are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Notes" instead a noun "Chords".

Definitions of Chords not found.

Chords and notes are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chords" instead a noun "Notes".

Only once you reach the point where you can play the given notes or chords without having to think about them first can you perform something that (may) resemble music.

Source: Don't Think, Feel
The difference is not that great since the two second-chords share two triad notes anyway.

Source: Useful Notes / Circle of Fifths
If you start on notes other than "do", you get different chords—so + ti + re is different from do + mi + so, for example.

Source: Harmony

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