By just knowing three chords, the I, IV and V7, you can play thousands of songs.

只要知道三个和弦：i, IV和V7，你就可以弹奏成千上万的歌曲。

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And the Dagda took his harp and swept his hand across the strings in three great, solemn chords.

达格达拿起魔琴，在琴弦上用手重重地扫出三个庄严的弦音。

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In their simplest form, triads, or three-note chords, may be inverted by having either the original middle or the original top note at the bottom.

最简单的形式三和弦，可转位为原中间音或原最上面的音置于底部。

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Reinhardt played guitar chords with just two or three fingers.

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Here's a group of sounds, different pitches and actually three different pitches in there, as opposed to just one pitch--one pitch, three pitches or three or four pitches, moving in different ways, kind of independent rhythmic chords, so that's the difference between monophonic, homophonic and polyphonic texture.

这是一组音,不同的音高,事实上三个不同的音高,相对于一个音高,一个音高,三个音高或四个音高,以不同方式运动,像有独立节奏的和弦,这就是单音,主音和复音织体的区别

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