Saturday, July 27, 2013

Chord Formulary

It's been a busy week and I haven't managed to scrape up any material for a real post, but I didn't want to break my goal of a post a week, so here's a list of various chord formulas from the basic to the obscure.  Enjoy!

          THE CHORD FORMULARY
NAME              |FORMULA           |NOTES
------------------+------------------+-----{
     ~basic~      |                  |
major             | 1-3-5            |
minor             | 1-b3-5           |
major 7th         | 1-3-5-7          |
dominant 7th      | 1-3-5-b7         |
minor 7th         | 1-b3-5-b7        |
------------------+------------------+
    ~advanced~    |                  |
diminished        | 1-b3-b5          |
augmented         | 1-3-#5           |
------------------+------------------+
     ~no 3rd~     |                  |
suspended 2nd     | 1-2-5            |
suspended 4th     | 1-4-5            |
5th (power chord) | 1-5              |
------------------+------------------+
     ~added~      |                  |
add6              | 1-3-5-6          | The 5th can be dropped
add9              | 1-3-5-9          | (ie: 1-3-6; 1-3-9)
------------------+------------------+
   ~quandaries~   |                  |
minor 6th         | 1-b3-5-6         |
diminished 7th    | 1-b3-b5-bb7      | One whole step down
augmented 7th     | 1-3-#5-b7        |
minor/major 7     | 1-b3-5-7         |
------------------+------------------+
  ~extended 7th~  |                  |
nine              | 1-3-5-b7-9       |
eleven            | 1-3-5-b7-9-11    |
thirteen          | 1-3-5-b7-9-11-13 |
major nine        | 1-3-5-7-9        |
major eleven      | 1-3-5-7-9-11     |
major thirteen    | 1-3-5-7-9-11-13  |
------------------+------------------+
~first inversion~ |                  |
major             | 3-5-1            |
minor             | b3-5-1           |
dominant 7th      | 3-5-b7-1         |
------------------+------------------+
 ~2nd inversion~  |                  |
major             | 5-1-3            |
minor             | 5-1-b3           |
dominant 7th      | 5-b7-1-3         |
------------------+------------------+
 ~3rd inversion~  |                  |
dominant 7th      | b7-1-3-5         |
------------------+------------------+

That's it for now, I'll try and add more as they come up, but that's a fairly complementary list to start!

Long days and pleasant nights!

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