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Chord Formulas.: Chord Construction - Chord Formula List

The document provides a list of chord formulas including the root note, intervals, and example notes for many common chords like major, minor, diminished, dominant 7th, major 7th, 6th, minor 6th, half diminished 7th, augmented, 7th sharp 5, 9th, major 9th, minor 9th, minor add 9th, 11th, minor 11th, 7th sharp 11, major 7th sharp 11, 13th, and major 13th.

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Chord Formulas.: Chord Construction - Chord Formula List

The document provides a list of chord formulas including the root note, intervals, and example notes for many common chords like major, minor, diminished, dominant 7th, major 7th, 6th, minor 6th, half diminished 7th, augmented, 7th sharp 5, 9th, major 9th, minor 9th, minor add 9th, 11th, minor 11th, 7th sharp 11, major 7th sharp 11, 13th, and major 13th.

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Chord Formulas.

Chord Symbol Formula Pitches


Cmin 1 ♭3 5 C E♭ G
Caug 1 3 ♯5 C E G♯
C dim
1 ♭3 ♭5 C E♭ G♭
C -7
1 ♭3 5 ♭7 C E♭ G B♭
C -7♭5
1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7 C E♭ G♭ B♭
Cdim7 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭♭7 C E♭ G♭ B♭♭*
C 7
1 3 5 ♭7 C E G B♭
C -7♯5
1 ♭3 ♯5 ♭7 C E♭ G♯ B♭
Cmaj7♯5 1 3 ♯5 7 C E G♯ B
Cmaj7♭5 1 3 ♭5 7 C E G♭ B
C7♯5 1 3 ♯5 ♭7 C E G♯ B♭
C7 ♭5 1 3 ♭5 ♭7 C E G♭ B♭
Chord Construction | Chord Formula List
Chord type  Formula Example in C  

Named after the


major 3rd interval
Major  135 CEG
between root and
3

Named after the


minor 3rd interval
Minor 1 b3 5 C Eb G
between root and
b3

Also called
7th  1 3 5 b7 C E G Bb
DOMINANT 7th

Named after the


major 7th interval
Major 7th 1357 CEGB between root and
7th major scale
note

Minor 7th 1 b3 5 b7 C Eb G Bb  
Chord type  Formula Example in C  

Major chord with


6th 1356 CEGA 6th major scale
note added

Minor chord with


Minor 6th 1 b3 5 6 C Eb G A 6th major scale
note added

Diminished 1 b3 b5 C Eb Gb  

Diminished 7th 1 b3 b5 bb7 C Eb Gb Bbb  

Half diminished Also called minor


1 b3 b5 b7 C Eb Gb Bb
7th 7thb5

Augmented 1 3 #5 C E G#  

7th #5 1 3 #5 b7 C E G# Bb  

9th 1 3 5 b7 9 C E G Bb D  

The 'Hendrix'
7th #9 1 3 5 b7 #9 C E G Bb D#
chord

Major 9th 13579 CEGBD  

 Chords
extended beyond
the octave are
Added 9th 1359 CEGD
called 'added'
when the 7th is
not present.

Minor 9th 1 b3 5 b7 9 C Eb G Bb D  

Minor add 9th 1 b3 5 9 C Eb G D  

The 3rd is often


omitted to avoid
11th 1 (3) 5 b7 9 11 C E G Bb D F
a clash with the
11th

Minor 11th 1 b3 5 b7 9 11 C Eb G Bb D F  

7th #11 1 3 5 b7 #11 C E G Bb D F# often used in


preference to
11th chords to
avoid the
Chord type  Formula Example in C  

dissonant clash
between 11 and
3 

Major 7th #11 1 3 5 7 9 #11 C E G B D F#  

1 3 5 b7 9 (11) C E G B D (F) The 11th is often


13 A omitted to avoid
13th
a clash with the
3rd.

1 3 5 7 9 (11) C E G B D (F) The 11th is often


13 A omitted to avoid
Major 13th
a clash with the
3rd.

1 b3 5 b7 9 11 C Eb G B D F
Minor 13th  
13 A

Suspended 4th
145 CFG  
(sus, sus4)

Suspended 2nd Sometimes


(sus2) considered as an
125 CDG
inverted sus4
(GCD)

5th (power
15 CG  
chord)
Distance in Semitones Interval Name Common Short / Symbol Example

C-C
0 perfect unison p1
1 minor second m2 / b2 C-C#
2 major second M2 / ∆2 C-D
3 minor third m3 / b3 C-Eb
4 major third M3 / ∆3 C-E
5 perfect fourth p4 C-F
diminished fifth / augmented
6 b5 / d5 / +4 / #4 C-F# / Gb
fourth
7 perfect fifth p5 C-G
C - G# /
8 minor sixth / augmented fifth m6/b6 / +5 / #5
Ab
9 major sixth M6 / ∆6 C-A
10 minor seventh / dominant seventh m7 / b7 C-Bb
11 major seventh M7 / ∆7 C-B
12 octave / perfect eighth p8/R (for “root”) C-C

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