From: voith@soccer.sps.mot.com (Ray Voith)
Here's some of the more common chords (done with A as the root):
A B C# D E F# G# A B C# D
1 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
major [A]: 1 3 5 A C# E
minor [Am]: 1 3b 5 A C E
seventh [A7]: 1 3 5 7b A C# E G
minor seventh [Am7]: 1 3b 5 7b A C E G
major seventh [Amaj7 or AM7]: 1 3 5 7 A C# E G#
sixth [A6]: 1 3 5 6 A C# E F#
minor sixth [Am6]: 1 3b 5 6 A C E F#
augmented [A+]: 1 3 5# A C# E# (A C# F)
augmented 7th [A7+]: 1 3 5# 7b A C# E# G
diminished [Adim]: 1 3b 5b A C Eb
diminished 7th [Adim7 or Ao]: 1 3b 5b 7bb A C Eb Gb
1 3b 5b 6 A C Eb Gb
seventh (flatted fifth) A7(5b): 1 3 5b 7b A C# Eb G
minor 7th (flatted 5th) A7(5b): 1 3b 5b 7b A C Eb G
ninth [A9]: 1 3 5 7b 9 A C# E G B
minor ninth [Am9]: 1 3b 5 7b 9 A C E G B
major ninth [Amaj9 or AM9]: 1 3 5 7 9 A C# E G# B
eleventh [A11]: 1 3 5 7b 9 11 A C# E G B D
diminished 9th: 1 3 5 7b 9b A C# E G Bb
added ninth [A(9) or A(2)]: 1 3 5 9 A C# E B (A B C# E)
added fourth [A(4) or A(11)]: 1 3 5 11 A C# E D
suspended [Asus or Asus4]: 1 4 5 A D E
suspended 9th [Asus9 or Asus2]: 1 2 5 A B E (A E B)
7th suspended 4th [A7sus or A7sus4]: 1 4 5 7b A D E G
7th suspended 9th [A7sus2 or A7sus9]: 1 2 5 7b A B E G
fifth [A5 or A(no 3rd)]: 1 5 A E
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
typically X/Y means "an X chord with a Y in the bass".
Sometimes Y is part of the X chord but not the root (e.g., C/G)
Sometimes it is not (e.g., Bb/C).
C/D is a C chord with a D bass note (xx0010).
A/B is an A chord with a B bass note (x22220).
G/D is a G with a D bass (xx0003). And so on. |