common chord in English

noun
1
a triad containing a root, a major or minor third, and a perfect fifth.
He introduced pupils first to the notes of the common chord (doh - me - soh), patterning the sounds with the voice and exercising the intervals involved until sound and symbol were firmly associated in the pupil's mind.
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1. In this series of lessons, we’ll take a look at constructing walking Basslines over some common chord progressions that we encounter in the blues