BASS CHORDS

You are missing a note, unless you can somehow manage to get three simultaneous notes from those two strings.

 

i thought a two note chord a double stop, and a 3 note chord a triple stop. iam pretty sure about the double stop.

 

Why don't you ask him whether he'd rather have facts or misinformation?

 

Two notes is a double stop. There is no such thing as a two-note chord. There is not enough information in two notes to define a chord. A chord may be implied with two notes, which is not quite the same thing as an actual chord.

 

Well, if you really want to get nic-picky, if he had wanted to know about a piano, he would have gone to talkpiano.
What is common and what is correct can be two different things, no? Could it be common because people like you think that what is correct is unimportant?
For want of a nail...

 

Sheesh, of everything said here the only thing I want to emphasize is Experiment

 

Sorry to have to enlighten you, you being a full time, working and educated professional and all, but that is not my definition of a chord; it is the definition of a chord, look it up. Everything from Webster's to my college music-textbook defines a chord has having three notes.
If you believe that my comment was a "look at me, I know about music" comment, okay, but the fact is, I tried to steer him towards facts and you tried to, and are still trying to trivalize it.
As helpful as you are on this board (sincerely), I can't understand why you would want the many readers to go away with the wrong impression that two notes can define a chord. If your contention is that two notes can define a chord, then produce one, and I will show you why it is not.
A lot of these people look up to you and "Well, Pacman told me, it must be true". Is that what you really want?
BTW, I am full time, working, and educated professional too.

 

diad= 2 notes played simaltaneously, for all practical application, why not call it a chord? It's a trite and meaningless point to argue, if you really care that much, go marry a dictionary, I personally think that getting hung up over words like this, is such a waste of time.

On top of that, a diad, could imply a chord, it doesn't need to be three notes in this sense, becuase the third(or ....fifth..seventh etc.) can be implied.

But overall, arguing over the matter just wastes time, and accomplishes nothing.

 

Because it is not a chord.

If I were going to marry a book, I think I would go for porn.

Chris and I both pointed that out earlier; however if it was a chord, you really wouldn't have to "imply" anything, would you. You would simply say (or play) that it is a chord.

So, why are you arguing about it?

 

For every one of those references you can dig up, I can dig up 100 that say a chord is at least three notes. Tell me, what chord is made from a C and a G note? You can't tell me without at least one more note, can you.

No, you intimated it.

Diad is not in my Webster's at all. But if it was, the definition wouldn't be a chord, which is at least three notes.

edit: to correct spelling, I'm such a stickler for what is correct.

 

I see that you are following you own advice. Good for you.

 

Congratulations Turock you are the first person I've ever put on my ignore list. good bye.