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British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran recently won a lawsuit in New York.
英国创作型歌手艾德·希兰最近在纽约赢得了一场诉讼。
Chord
和弦
The jury said he did not steal a series of four chords from a popular Marvin Gaye song when Sheeran wrote his song, Thinking Out Loud, in 2014.
陪审团表示,希兰在2014年创作歌曲《Thinking Out Loud》时没有从马文·盖伊的一首流行歌曲中窃取一系列四个和弦。
Sheeran said these four chords...are a tool commonly used to create songs.
希兰说,这四个和弦……是一种常用的创作歌曲的工具。
A chord is a group of three or more musical notes that are played or sung at the same time.
和弦指的是一组同时演奏或演唱的三个或三个以上音符。
The musical notes in a chord sound pleasing when played together.
和弦中的音符在一起演奏时听起来很悦耳。