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  2. Rhythm changes - Wikipedia

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    The "bridge" consists of a series of dominant seventh chords (III 7 –VI 7 –II 7 –V 7) that follow the circle of fourths (ragtime progression), sustained for two bars each, greatly slowing the harmonic rhythm as a contrast with the A sections. This is known as the Sears Roebuck bridge, named after Sears, Roebuck and Co. [11]

  3. Bridge chord - Wikipedia

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    Bridge chord on C Play ⓘ.. The Bridge chord is a bitonal chord named after its use in the music of composer Frank Bridge (1879–1941). It consists of a minor chord with the major chord a whole tone above (CE ♭ G & DF ♯ A), [1] [2] as well as a major chord with the minor chord a semitone above (CEG & D ♭ F ♭ A ♭), which share the same mediant (E/F ♭).

  4. Chord (music) - Wikipedia

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    A guitarist performing a C chord with G bass. In Western music theory, a chord is a group [a] of notes played together for their harmonic consonance or dissonance.The most basic type of chord is a triad, so called because it consists of three distinct notes: the root note along with intervals of a third and a fifth above the root note. [1]

  5. Chord substitution - Wikipedia

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    For example, a saxophonist playing an improvised solo over the basic "rhythm changes" bridge (in B ♭, this is "D7, G7, C7, and F7", each for two bars) might think of a more complex progression that uses substitute chords (e.g., "a minor, D7, d minor, G7, g minor, C7, c minor, F7). In doing so, this implies the substitute chords over the ...

  6. Chords Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Chords Bridge (Hebrew: גשר המיתרים, Gesher HaMeitarim), also called the Bridge of Strings or Jerusalem Light Rail Bridge, is a side-spar cable-stayed bridge in Jerusalem. The structure was designed by the Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava and is used by Jerusalem Light Rail 's Red Line, which began service on ...

  7. Howe truss - Wikipedia

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    That same year, he established the Howe Bridge Works to build bridges using his design. [4] The first Howe truss ever built was a single-lane, 75-foot (23 m) long bridge in Connecticut carrying a road. [1] The second was a railroad bridge over the Connecticut River in Springfield, Massachusetts.

  8. Open chord - Wikipedia

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    Advanced guitar chords may rely on the use of open strings alongside strings fretted in higher positions. For example fretting the E-barre shape on the fifth fret without the barre allows the open E, A and E to ring alongside the higher position E, A and C#. The strumming on the middle section of "Stairway to Heaven" is played using such chords ...

  9. Chord notation - Wikipedia

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    Added tone chord notation is useful with seventh chords to indicate partial extended chords, for example, C 7add 13, which indicates that the 13th is added to the 7th, but without the 9th and 11th. The use of 2, 4, and 6 rather than 9, 11, and 13 indicates that the chord does not include a seventh unless explicitly specified.