Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
by Mark Fowler
Based mostly on:
2 straight-forward articles by David Hamburger in Acoustic
Guitar Magazine (August & September 2003)
http://acousticguitar.com/lessons/Chord_Names/1.html
http://acousticguitar.com/lessons/Chord_Names2/1.html
What Makes Music Work, a book by P. Seyer, A. Novick, & P. Harmon
http://www.lovemusiclovedance.com/what_makes_music_work.htm
An amazingly simple but effective little book!!
Chords & Progressions for Jazz and Popular Guitar, a book by Arnie Berle
Ill post these charts (for awhile at least) at
www.ws.binghamton.edu/fowler/....
V
V
I
vi
ii
V
| E9 / / / | F9 / E7#9 / | A13 / F#7#5 / | Bm7 / E7b9 / |
Is this really just a 12-bar blues? Doesnt look like it?
Where did all those weird chords come from?
What if I want fancy versions of other blues?
What is a Chord?
Three or more notes played together
What Is an Interval?
A measure of the distance between two
notes
Interval names are based on positions in
scales
b7th
Minor 7th
Major
7th
B
Bb
Major
6th
A
G#
Perfect
5th
G
F#
F
Minor
3rd
E
Eb
D
C#
C
Major
3rd
Minor
R b3 5
R35
Augmented
Diminished
R 3 #5
R b3 b5
B
Bb
A
G#
G
Gb
B
Bb
A
G#
G
Gb
B
Bb
A
G#
G
Gb
B
Bb
A
G#
G
Gb
F
E
Eb
D
C#
C
Perfect 5th
Major 3rd
F
E
Eb
D
C#
C
Perfect 5th
Minor 3rd
F
E
Eb
D
C#
C
Sharp 5th
Major 3rd
F
E
Eb
D
C#
Flat 5th
Minor 3rd
Add 7
Add b7
Add 6
Add b7
Maj7
1 357
7
1 3 5 b7
m6
1
5 6
m(maj7)
1 b3 5 7
Maj6/9
13569
Maj9
13579
9
1 3 5 b7 9
m6/9
1 b3 5 6 9
m(maj9)
1 b3 5 7 9
Maj13
1 3 5 7 9 (11) 13
11
1 (3) 5 b7 9 11
13
1 3 5 b7 9 (11) 13
b3
Add bb7
Add 7
Maj6
1 356
Maj11
1 (3) 5 7 9 11
Dim Triad
Minor Triad
Notes in ( ) are
usually omitted.
It is common to
leave out other
notes too,
especially on
guitar
m7
1 5 b7
b3
dim 7
1 b3 b5 bb7
m9
5 b7 9
b3
b3
m11
5 b7 9 11
b3
m13
5
9 (11) 13
b7
= 6!!
Major Triad
7b5
1 3 b5 b7
9
1 3 5 b7 9
7
1 3 5 b7
7#5
1 3 #5 b7
7b5b9
1 3 5 b7 b9
9b5
1 3 b5 b7 9
9#5
1 3 #5 b7 9
7b9
1 3 5 b7 b9
7#9
1 3 5 b7 #9
7b5#9
1 3 5 b7 #9
7#5b9
1 3 5 b7 #9
7#5#9
1 3 5 b7 #9
Maj7, Maj6
IV
Dom7
ii, iii, vi
min7
D7
x 3 2 4 1x
x 1 3 1 41
E7
x 3 2 4 1x
x 1 3 1 41
1 x 2 4 3x
1 3 1 2 41
E7
A7
A7
5
D7
E7
x 3 2 4 1x
x 3 2 4 1x
A13
D9
1 x 2 3 4x
x 2 1 3 33
E9
x 2 1 3 33
D9
E9
1 x 2 3 4x
x 2 1 3 33
x 2 1 3 33
D7
D# o7
x 1 3 1 41
x 2 3 1 4x
Bm7
F# 7
2 x 3 3 33
x 3 2 4 1x
7
7
V
V
I
vi
ii
V
| E9 / / / | E9 / / / | A13 / F#7 / | Bm7 / E9 / |
Bm7
Cm7
C#m7
2 x 3 3 33
7
8
9
To get
Voice
Leading
biii
IV
IV
I
ii
iii
| D9 / / / | D#o7/ / / | A13 / Bm7 / | C#m7 / Cm7 / |
V
V
I
vi
ii
V
| E9 / / / | F9 / E7#9 / | A13 / F#7#5 / | Bm7 / E7b9 / |
A13
A7#5
D9
1 x 2 3 4x
1 x 2 3 4x
x 2 1 3 33
F9
E7#9
x 2 1 3 33
x 2 1 3 33
Root
#9
8
13=6
#5
To get
Voice
Leading
biii
IV
IV
I
ii
iii
| D9 / / / | D#o7/ / / | A13 / Bm7 / | C#m7 / Cm7 / |
V
V
I
vi
ii
V
| E9 / / / | F9 / E7#9 / | A13 / F#7#5 / | Bm7 / E7b9 / |
F# 7
F#7#5
Bm7
x 1 2 1 1 x
2 x 3 3 33
E7b9
x 2 1 3 1x
E9
x 3 2 4 1x
x 2 1 3 33
7
b7
b7
#5
b9
#5, b9 to get
Voice Leading
Dom-7 Passing
I-VI-ii-V turn-around
Minor Walk-Up