Triads? Are they arpeggios?

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Topic starter 01/09/2004 11:45 am

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01/09/2004 12:49 pm

They can be.

A triad is a set of 3 notes with a major or minor 3rd between them.

Thus, plain major (1-3-5) and plain minor (1-b3-5) chords are triad chords.

Augmented (1-3-#5) and diminished (1-b3-b5) chords are also triads.

An arpeggio however is a chord (any chord) played a note at a time rather than all at once.

See David Hodge's article The Power of Three for further info.

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