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Triad vs Quartet - What's the difference?

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In music|lang=en terms the difference between triad and quartet

is that triad is (music) a chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale while quartet is (music) the set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.

As nouns the difference between triad and quartet

is that triad is a grouping of three while quartet is (music) a music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.

triad

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A grouping of three.
  • (music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.
  • (electronics) on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
  • A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.

    • Synonyms

    * (group of three) threesome, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika, triumvirate

    Related terms

    * triadic

    See also

    * monad * dyad * mafia * tong * yakuza * ("triad" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

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    quartet

    English

    (wikipedia quartet)

    Alternative forms

    * quartette

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) A music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
    • A string quartet .
  • (music) The set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.
    • A quartet of violinists .
  • A group of four.

    • Synonyms

    * group of four: foursome