A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Triad

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search


TRIAD is a chord of three notes standing in the relation to one another of bottom note, third, and fifth. It is of no consequence what the quality of the combination is, whether consonant or dissonant, major or minor. The following are specimens:—

{ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \time 4/1
 <f' a' c''>1 <a' c'' e''> <e' g' bes'> <f' a' cis''> \bar "||" }