as in harmonic
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of chordal
Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.
—
Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Learning Greene’s chordal vocabulary on this record, living in his perfect counterpoint, is a constant inspiration for me.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Learning Greene’s chordal vocabulary on this record, living in his perfect counterpoint, is a constant inspiration for me.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2020
Maybe that explains why their playing in the Eighth Symphony sang out with such fullness and breadth, and why chordal passages had such strong hints of a church choir.
—New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
It can be strummed, plucked, played for chordal accompaniment or virtuosic runs.
—John Adamian, courant.com, 4 Oct. 2019
Leven effortlessly pivoted back and forth between cozying up to Stepner’s line and joining the lower strings’ strong chordal figures, adding a soloistic glimmer on occasion.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2019
Image Most avant-garde horn players then were letting go of the piano and all other chordal instruments, not to mention the structures of song form.
—New York Times, 25 May 2018
Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Learning Greene’s chordal vocabulary on this record, living in his perfect counterpoint, is a constant inspiration for me.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Learning Greene’s chordal vocabulary on this record, living in his perfect counterpoint, is a constant inspiration for me.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2020
Maybe that explains why their playing in the Eighth Symphony sang out with such fullness and breadth, and why chordal passages had such strong hints of a church choir.
—New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
It can be strummed, plucked, played for chordal accompaniment or virtuosic runs.
—John Adamian, courant.com, 4 Oct. 2019
Leven effortlessly pivoted back and forth between cozying up to Stepner’s line and joining the lower strings’ strong chordal figures, adding a soloistic glimmer on occasion.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2019
Image Most avant-garde horn players then were letting go of the piano and all other chordal instruments, not to mention the structures of song form.
—New York Times, 25 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chordal
Adjective
-
As dark as the film can seem, it’s also filled with moments of harmonic bliss whenever the girls perform.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
7 July 2025
-
The night celebrated music that bears both glamour and grit because of the raw, cracking power and harmonic warmth of rock and roll's roots in country, folk, jump blues and rockabilly music.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Adjective
-
The nickel-grey sunburst dial features a tonal version of Zenith’s tricolor El Primero subdials and polished details.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
14 July 2025
-
Speaking to Rolling Stone in a sprawling Q&A published today, the two-time Oscar nominee described the tonal difference between 2022’s Glass Onion and the forthcoming threequel, releasing Dec. 12.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
12 July 2025
Adjective
-
Those groups' ability to transpose the American songbook and European orchestral composition into lovestruck street-corner harmonies allowed gospel soul to supersede the popularity of blues while fusing culture and race into the juggernaut known as rock-and-roll.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
-
For the orchestral rock band Murder By Death, and its legion of fans, Saturday, Nov. 15 will no doubt be an emotional night.—
Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
Adjective
-
Gains from the sectors and its rhythmic strength help the single push 45-44 on the all-genre Radio Songs chart.—
Trevor Anderson,
Billboard,
9 July 2025
-
Shakedown leaves the attic and lets the light run over their guitars, with streaks of brightness and a rhythmic tightness that ditches the glorious sloppiness of bar italia’s earlier music.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
9 July 2025
Adjective
-
The end result is a polyphonic spree of subcontinental flavors.—
Jordan Michelman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 July 2025
-
Canadian poetry is polyphonic, exploratory, and urgent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
Adjective
-
How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
-
The content creator also used a homophonic slur at several points throughout the clip.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2024
Cite this Entry
“Chordal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chordal. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share