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Definition of Triads
1. triad [n] - See also: triad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Triads
Literary usage of Triads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Harmony in Its Theory and Practice by Arthur Foote, Walter Raymond Spalding (1905)
"Combinations of three different tones are called triads, and consist of a low
tone and the third and fifth above. Chords of four different tones are called ..."
2. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1918)
"Equivalence of ordered point triads. Although the theory of congruence as based
on the group of translations and point reflections does not yield metric ..."
3. A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest by John Edward Lloyd (1912)
"The Historical triads. The form of expression known as the Triad, in which objects
are grouped together in threes, with a heading indicating the point of ..."
4. First Theory Book by Diller, Angela (1921)
"PART THREE CHAPTER TWELVE triads in the Major Scale A Triad is a chord ...
triads can be built on any scale-degree; for example: 4t a » » 8 i ii in rv v vi ..."
5. The Material Used in Musical Composition: A System of Harmony Designed by Percy Goetschius (1913)
"B. Add the bass and inner parts to the following melodic phrases, using principal
triads only, as in Exs. 93 and 94. See par. 242. ..."
6. Harmony and Analysis by Kenneth McPherson Bradley (1908)
"Secondary triads, or Collateral triads. In selecting appropriate triads for
harmonizing given tones of a scale, the primary triads are most frequently ..."
7. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz, Alexander John Ellis (1885)
"[Under the name, the equivalent interval in cents has been inserted by the
Translator.] From this it follows that the only consonant triads or chords of ..."
8. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"11 Prom this it follows that the only consonant triads or chords of three notes,
that can possibly exist within the compass of an Octave are the following ..."
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