Comment by dr_kiszonka

22 days ago

Strudel is great! But... are these really chords?

note("c4 e4 g4 c5").sound("triangle")

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danilafe  22 days ago

As a sibling comment said, it's a C major chord, but voiced one noted at a time. "usually" / in pop, you hear all the notes at once.

  • kaoD  22 days ago

    > but voiced one noted at a time

    I think OP's point is that the very definition of a chord is a bunch of notes played at the same time.

    • keymasta  22 days ago

      Whereas when played separately it would be an referred to as an arpeggio. But in harmony we might still refer to it as a chord, as in saying, arpeggiate the C# minor (chord) to start moonlight sonata.

      This might better be described as arpeggiating C#m second inversion or even C#m/G# in the right over C# in the left...

      This is getting possibly-weird but you could call it an arpeggiation of G#sus4(#5)/C#

  • dr_kiszonka  22 days ago

    I think chords at least three notes played at once, with the exception of maybe power chords. Using your definition, every piece with two or more notes has chords :)

    https://www.britannica.com/art/chord-music

    • keymasta  22 days ago

      As per my knowledge, and as per Britannica, a chord actually uses three or more notes. A two note structure is called a diad, which implies a bit of confusion in the term "power chord" (written as 5, as in G5, which == G D == 1 5).. as it is not by definition a chord but a diad.

      This may be a pedantic clarification, but that is the definition

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