Choral Service
A service of which singing is the most prominent part.
Chord, Akkord (Ger.), Accord (Fr.), Accord (It.). A combination of three or more Chappell, Wm. Historian; England. B. 1809; d. 1888.
Cherubini, Maria Luigi C. S. (keh-roo-beenee). Composer and theorist; Italy. B. 1760; d. 1842.
Chevé, Emile J. M. (sheh-veh). Inventor of simplified system of music; France. B. 1804; d. 1864.
CIRCULAR CANON sounds-common or perfect chord, or triad.
Consists of any sound with its third and fifth; it is called major when the interval from one (or root) to three contains two whole tones; minor, when it contains a tone and a half; diminished, if there are three whole tones from one to five; augmented, if there are four whole tones from one to five.
A chord is inverted when its root is not at the bass; chords with more than three letters are dissonant chords, called chords of the seventh if they contain four letters, chords of ninth if they contain five letters, etc., etc. Chords bear the name of the degree of the scale upon which they are written: First, tonic; second, supertonic: third, mediant; fourth, subdominant; fifth, dominant; sixth, submediant; seventh, leading note or diminished chord.