Usage of "minor chord"

Russian

минорное трезвучие

Portuguese

acorde menor

Catalan

acord menor

Spanish

acorde menor

Chord having a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth; e.g. A–C–E or C–E♭–G.

minor triad

минорное трезвучие

Usage of minor chord in English

He ran his pick across the strings, fingering an A minor chord. 
 Sympathy for the devil 

The simple phrase vibrated through him, like a beautiful minor chord. 
 The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes 

Daisy and marigold, hyacinth and clover were attuned to the same soothing minor chord. 
 "Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character 

An E minor chord from our friend at the piano. 
 A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago 

He turned around, and struck a minor chord. 
 The Goose Man 

And then, like a minor chord, soft and plaintive, he heard Hazel's voice in bewildered accents murmur: 
 Gone to Earth 

He strummed a minor chord, another, anoth- 
 Boston noir 

He immediately struck a minor chord. 
 The Secret of the Night 

No minor chord was permitted. 
 Strange True Stories of Louisiana 

She paused for a second before delivering the three concluding lines, and Eleanor ended on the piano with a throbbing minor chord. 
 Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School 

Sudden downward-leaping notes sketching out the D- minor chord appear like flashes of light - the stars stutter to life and history begins. 
 Radio NZ 

He watched them walking away from him down the street, and felt a pang, like a minor chord being played inside him. 
 American Gods 

The leaves and boughs whistled in the rush of air and the waters of the creek sang a minor chord on the shallows. 
 Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond 

In many poets, love is background, not picture, or, to change a figure as is meet, love is a minor chord in song. 
 A Hero and Some Other Folks 

His fingers slowed on the keys as the piece softened to its close, a low minor chord that echoed in the still room. 
 Heart of gold 

And the minor chord is in real life, never quite absent; and the minor chord is in the true human heart, never wholly absent. 
 Quiet Talks on Following the Christ 