List of chords

The following is a list of musical chords and simultaneities:

Code Chord type
Major Major chord
Minor Minor chord
Augmented Augmented chord
Diminished Diminished chord
Indeterminate Indeterminate chord
Predominant Predominant chord
Suspended Suspended chord
M3+b5 Major third, flat five
Just Just intonation
Bitonal Bitonal chord
Atonal Atonal chord
List of musical chords
Name Chord on C Sound # of p.c.-Forte # p.c. #s Quality
Augmented chord
Play 3-12 0 4 8 Augmented
Augmented eleventh chord[1]
Play 6-34B 0 4 7 t 2 6 Major
Augmented major seventh chord
Play 4-19B 0 4 8 e Augmented
Augmented seventh chord
Play 4-24 0 4 8 t Augmented
Augmented sixth chord


3-8A
4-25
4-27B
0 4 t
0 4 6 t
0 4 7 t
Predominant
Diminished chord
Play 3-10 0 3 6 Diminished
Diminished major seventh chord
Play 4-18A 0 3 6 e Diminished
Diminished seventh chord (leading-tone and secondary chord)
Play 4-28 0 3 6 9 Diminished
Dominant
Play 3-11B 0 4 7 Major
Dominant eleventh chord
Play 6-33B 0 4 7 t 2 5 Major
Dominant minor ninth
Play 5-31A 0 4 7 t 1 Major
Dominant ninth
Play 5-34 0 4 7 t 2 Major
Dominant parallel
Play 3-11A 0 3 7 Minor
Dominant seventh chord
Play 4-27B 0 4 7 t Major
Dominant seventh flat five chord
Play 4-25 0 4 6 t Diminished
Dominant seventh sharp nine / Hendrix chord
Play 5-32B 0 4 7 t 3 Major
Dominant thirteenth chord
Play 7-35 0 4 7 t 2 5 9 Major
Dream chord
Play 4-6 0 5 6 7 Just
Elektra chord
Play 5-32B 0 7 9 1 4 Bitonal
Farben chord
Play 5-Z17 0 8 e 4 9 Atonal
Half-diminished seventh chord
Play 4-27A 0 3 6 t Diminished
Harmonic seventh chord
Play 4-27B 0 4 7 t Major
Leading-tone triad
Play 3-10 0 3 6 Diminished
Lydian chord
Play 5-20B 0 4 7 e 6 Major
Magic chord
Play 8 0 1 5 6 t 0 3 5 Just
Major chord
Play 3-11B 0 4 7 Major
Major eleventh chord
Play 6-Z25 0 4 7 e 2 5 Major
Major seventh chord
Play 4-20 0 4 7 e Major
Major seventh sharp eleventh chord
Play 5-30B 0 4 8 e 6 Augmented
Major sixth chord
Play 4-26 0 4 7 9 Major
Major sixth ninth chord ("6 add 9",[2] Nine six,[3] 6/9)
Play 5-35 0 4 7 9 2 Major
Major ninth chord
Play 5-27A 0 4 7 e 2 Major
Major thirteenth chord
Play 7-35 0 4 7 e 2 5 9 Major
Mediant
Play 3-11A 0 3 7 Minor
Minor chord
Play 3-11A 0 3 7 Minor
Minor eleventh chord
Play 6-32 0 3 7 t 2 5 Minor
Minor major seventh chord
Play 4-19A 0 3 7 e Minor
Minor ninth chord
Play 5-27B 0 3 7 t 2 Minor
Minor seventh chord
Play 4-26 0 3 7 t Minor
Minor sixth chord
Play 4-27A 0 3 7 9 Minor
Minor sixth ninth chord (6/9)
Play 5-29B 0 3 7 9 2 Minor
Minor thirteenth chord
Play 7-35 0 3 7 t 2 5 9 Minor
Mystic chord
Play 6-34A 0 6 t 4 9 2 Atonal
Neapolitan chord
Play 3-11B 1 5 8 Major
Ninth augmented fifth chord[2][4]
Play 5-33 0 4 8 t 2 Augmented
Ninth flat fifth chord[2]
Play 5-33 0 4 6 t 2 M3+b5
Northern lights chord
Play 11-1 1 2 8 0 3 6 7 t e 4 7 Atonal
"Ode-to-Napoleon" hexachord
Play 6-20 0 1 4 5 8 9 Atonal
Petrushka chord
Play 6-30B 0 1 4 6 7 t Bitonal
Power chord
P5
Play 2-5 0 7 Indeterminate
Psalms chord
Play 3-11A 0 3 7 Minor
Secondary dominant
Play 3-11B 0 4 7 Major
Secondary leading-tone chord
Play 3-10 0 3 6 Diminished
Secondary supertonic chord
Play 3-11A 0 3 7 Minor
Seven six chord[5]
Play 5-25B 0 4 7 9 t Major
Seventh suspension four chord[6]
Play 4-23 0 5 7 t Suspended
So What chord
Play 5-35 0 5 t 3 7 Bitonal
Suspended chord
Play 3-9 0 5 7 Suspended
Subdominant
Play 3-11B 0 4 7 Major
Subdominant parallel
Play 3-11A 0 3 7 Minor
Submediant
Play 3-11A 0 3 7 Minor
Subtonic
Play 3-11B 0 4 7 Major
Supertonic
Play 3-11A 0 3 7 Minor
Thirteenth flat ninth chord[2]
Play 6-27 0 4 7 t 1 x 9[7] Major
Thirteenth flat ninth flat fifth chord[2]
Play 6-Z49 0 4 6 t 1 x 9[7] M3+b5
Tonic counter parallel
Play 3-11A 0 3 7 Minor
Tonic
Play 3-11B 0 4 7 Major
Tonic parallel
Play 3-11A 0 3 7 Minor
Tristan chord
Play 4-27A 0 3 6 t Predominant
Viennese trichord
Play 3-5A
3-5B
0 1 6
0 6 7
Atonal

See also

References

  1. ^ Pearse, John (1977). The Guitarist's Picture Chord Encyclopedia, p.31. ISBN 0-8256-2199-2.
  2. ^ a b c d e Bay, William (10 April 1971). Encyclopedia of guitar chords. Mel Bay Publications. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-87166-664-2. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  3. ^ Pearse (1977), p.35.
  4. ^ Pearse (1977), p.27.
  5. ^ Pearse (1977), p.34.
  6. ^ Pearse (1977), p.24
  7. ^ a b x could be either 5, 6, or nothing, depending on the eleventh of the chord.