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I always assume that when you played 3 or 4 notes, like double stops, (dyads) you just referred to them as triads or chords.  I didn’t know there was such a thing as a triple stop or quadruple stop and that all stops are collectively known as “multiple stops”. I read on line that in guitar music there is no such thing as a triple stop, yet I am currently  looking at a guitar music book that uses the term. I read that “stops” is a term that comes from the violin.

 

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I have also heard about double stops from violin terms. I have never heard of triple stops used as a term. Triad is the term I have heard used. What is a double stop but a Daya.

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@Triple-o, thanks for starting this conversation.  I hope we get some more discussion. I have never understood why two notes played together is a "double stop".  You don't stop!🤣  @JaxJaxon, thanks for the violin reference.  Is it the same usage?  Two notes played together?

Yes, triad is a term we use all the time.  Steve had a Live Lesson or two about them.  That makes sense.  They are that important.  I have heard some refer to Triads, somewhat in a slang way, as "little chords".  And I've seen some, those same ones that refer to them as "little chords", talking about their importance in comping. not getting in the bass players way by not playing those lower notes, etc.

And I love the added expression the double stops can add to a solo.

So why don't we refer to a double stop as a "diad" (or "dyad")?

Anyone else?  Share your thoughts on this. Please!

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