Talk:Dyad

Definition

I disagree with the definition given here. The only difference between dyad and interval is that dyads are implied to sound together (i.e. a dyad is a 2-note chord). Octaves have nothing to do with the basic definition. 2/1 is a dyad! But not acccording to this page now. Also nobody says "monad", that's just abstract pitch set theoretic nonsense.

- Sintel (talk) 22:53, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

1) C-E-G-C has 4 notes, but it's a triad not a tetrad, because what counts is not the number of notes, but the number of pitch classes. Octaves enter into this because the concept of pitch classes depends on the concept of octave equivalence.

2) Likewise C-G-C is not a triad, it's a dyad. C-G-C is not an interval, it's three intervals.

3) Likewise C-C is not a dyad, it's a monad, because it contains only one pitch class.

4) Monads are not nonsense! And they are not theoretical. I posted some gyil videos on the monads page. Listen to them without Western preconceptions and you will discern a definite chord progression containing 2 dyads and 1 monad. The chord changes come very fast. When I was in Ghana studying gyil music, I learned many more gyil songs like this. But they are hard to find videos of on the internet because gyil is so obscure. --TallKite (talk) 08:19, 10 June 2024 (UTC)