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Dyad (music)
Pair of pitches that may imply a chord / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In music, a dyad (less commonly, diad) is a set of two notes or pitches[1]. The notes of a dyad can be played simultaneously or in succession. Notes played in succession form a melodic interval; notes played simultaneously form a harmonic interval.
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Dyads can be classified by the interval between the notes.[2] For example, the interval between C and E (four half steps) is a major third, which can imply a C major chord, made up of the notes C, E and G.[3]
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