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Much of tuning theory involves looking at intervals. However, when intervals are combined into chords, they can sometimes form synergies that aren't immediately apparent if one is only focused on dyads. Fortunately, many of the metrics we use to evaluate intervals generalize very easily to larger chords, and we will look at some in this article. | Much of tuning theory involves looking at intervals. However, when intervals are combined into chords, they can sometimes form synergies that aren't immediately apparent if one is only focused on dyads. Fortunately, many of the metrics we use to evaluate intervals generalize very easily to larger chords, and we will look at some in this article. | ||
Note: the terms dyad, triad, tetrad, etc. usually refer to chord with 2, 3 or 4 [[Pitch class|pitch classes]]. But in this discussion they refer to chords with 2, 3 or 4 <u>pitches</u>. Thus C-E-G-C is a tetrad not a triad. | |||
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