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power chord
noun
A chord or combination of notes used in rock music and typically selected to sound good at high volume and high levels of distortion. Power chords make extensive use of intervals such as open fourths and fifths.
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There wasn't a power chord all day.
Decades before the first windmilled power chord, Whitman's words sent scalps tingling in expanded consciousness.
It's a moment of high gothic backed with an American Idol power chord.
Power chord Simple chord that is based on one interval (normally the root and the fifth).
That big power chord in Loaded is ringing out on the other side now RIP Robert Young.
Through the years, the sound system was improved until its clean roar could make any power chord sound explosive.
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Have you always wanted to put your foot on something while you power chord-ed your way to stardom?
On "Marlon Brando," Cameron includes a power-chord riff straight out of John Cougar's "Jack & Diane".
The power-chord driven chorus to "What Are You Thinking?" is countered by sudden aggressive orchestral flourishes.
Sleigh Bells jumped with whipsaw unpredictability between Derek Miller's brash power-chord riffs and Alexis Krauss's slight, piping vocals.
There's also contention within the songs, as they veer between power-chord brashness and wistful self-questioning.
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