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	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e gis>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-12	0 4 8	Augmented
Augmented eleventh chord^[1]	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g bes d fis>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	6-34B	0 4 7 t 2 6	Major
Augmented major seventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e gis b>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-19B	0 4 8 e	Augmented
Augmented seventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e gis bes>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-24	0 4 8 t	Augmented
Augmented sixth chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e ais>1^\markup { "Italian" } } }$ ${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e fis ais>1^\markup { "French" } } }$ ${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g ais>1^\markup { "German" } } }$		3-8A 4-25 4-27B	0 4 t 0 4 6 t 0 4 7 t	Predominant
Diminished chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c es ges>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-10	0 3 6	Diminished
Diminished major seventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c es ges b>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-18A	0 3 6 e	Diminished
Diminished seventh chord (leading-tone and secondary chord)	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c es ges beses>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-28	0 3 6 9	Diminished
Dominant	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g>2 <g' b d> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11B	0 4 7	Major
Dominant eleventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g bes d f>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	6-33B	0 4 7 t 2 5	Major
Dominant minor ninth	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g bes des>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-31A	0 4 7 t 1	Major
Dominant ninth	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g bes d>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-34	0 4 7 t 2	Major
Dominant parallel	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c'' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <g b d>2 <e g b> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Dominant seventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g bes>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-27B	0 4 7 t	Major
Dominant seventh flat five chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e ges bes>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-25	0 4 6 t	Diminished
Dominant seventh sharp nine / Hendrix chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g bes dis>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-32B	0 4 7 t 3	Major
Dominant thirteenth chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g bes d f a>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	7-35	0 4 7 t 2 5 9	Major
Dream chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c'' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <g c! cis d>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-6	0 5 6 7	Just
Elektra chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <e b' des f aes>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-32B	0 7 9 1 4	Bitonal
Farben chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \clef treble \time 4/4 <e a>1 } \new Staff { \clef bass \time 4/4 <c, gis' b>1 } >> } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-Z17	0 8 e 4 9	Atonal
Half-diminished seventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c es ges bes>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-27A	0 3 6 t	Diminished
Harmonic seventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g beseh c>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-27B	0 4 7 t	Major
Leading-tone triad	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g c>2 <d f b> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-10	0 3 6	Diminished
Lydian chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g b fis'>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-20B	0 4 7 e 6	Major
Magic chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <e f a bes d e g a>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	8	0 1 5 6 t 0 3 5	Just
Major chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11B	0 4 7	Major
Major added-second chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c d e g>1 } }$		4-24	0 2 4 7	Major
Major eleventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g b d f>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	6-Z25	0 4 7 e 2 5	Major
Major seventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g b>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-20	0 4 7 e	Major
Major seventh sharp eleventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e gis b fis'>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-30B	0 4 8 e 6	Augmented
Major sixth chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g a>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-26	0 4 7 9	Major
Major sixth ninth chord ("6 add 9",^[2] Nine six,^[3] 6/9)	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g a d>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-35	0 4 7 9 2	Major
Major ninth chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g b d>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-27A	0 4 7 e 2	Major
Major thirteenth chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g b d fis a>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	7-35	0 4 7 e 2 5 9	Major
Mediant	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g>2 <e g b> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Minor chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c es g>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Minor added-second chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c d es g>1 } }$		4-20	0 2 3 7	Minor
Minor eleventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c es g bes d f>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	6-32	0 3 7 t 2 5	Minor
Minor major seventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c es g b>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-19A	0 3 7 e	Minor
Minor ninth chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c es g bes d>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-27B	0 3 7 t 2	Minor
Minor seventh chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c es g bes>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-26	0 3 7 t	Minor
Minor sixth chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c es g a>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-27A	0 3 7 9	Minor
Minor sixth ninth chord (6/9)	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c es g a d>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-29B	0 3 7 9 2	Minor
Minor thirteenth chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c es g bes d f a>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	7-35	0 3 7 t 2 5 9	Minor
Mystic chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c fis bes e a d>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	6-34A	0 6 t 4 9 2	Atonal
Neapolitan chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <f aes des>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11B	1 5 8	Major
Ninth augmented fifth chord^[2]^[4]	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e gis bes d>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-33	0 4 8 t 2	Augmented
Ninth flat fifth chord^[2]	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e ges bes d>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-33	0 4 6 t 2	M3+b5
Northern lights chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <cis d! aes' c! es fis g! bes ces f! a!>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	11-1	1 2 8 0 3 6 7 t e 4 7	Atonal
"Ode-to-Napoleon" hexachord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c des e f gis a>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	6-20	0 1 4 5 8 9	Atonal
Petrushka chord	$\new PianoStaff << \new Staff = "up" \relative c'' { \time 3/4 s2. } \new Staff = "down" \relative c' { \time 3/4 \voiceOne \repeat tremolo 12 { { \change Staff = "up" \voiceTwo <e g c>32 } { \change Staff = "down" \voiceOne <cis fis ais>32 } } } >>$	Play^ⓘ	6-30B	0 1 4 6 7 t	Bitonal
Power chord P5	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c g' c>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	2-5	0 7	Indeterminate
Psalms chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f { \new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \clef treble <g' e'' g'' b''>8 } \new Staff { \clef bass <e, g, b, g>8 } >> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Secondary dominant	${ #(set-global-staff-size 16) \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \new PianoStaff << \new Staff << \new Voice \relative c'' { \stemUp \clef treble \key c \major \time 4/4 c2 b c1 } \new Voice \relative c' { \stemDown fis2 d e1 } >> \new Staff << \new Voice \relative c' { \stemUp \clef bass \key c \major \time 4/4 a2 g g1 } \new Voice \relative c { \stemDown d2_\markup { \translate #'(-3.5 . 0) { "C: V/V" \hspace #0.6 "V" \hspace #5 "I" } } g c,1 \bar "\|\|" } >> >> }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11B	0 4 7	Major
Secondary leading-tone chord	${ #(set-global-staff-size 16) \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \new PianoStaff << \new Staff << \new Voice \relative c'' { \stemUp \clef treble \key c \major \time 4/4 a2 g g1 } \new Voice \relative c' { \stemDown es2 d e1 } >> \new Staff << \new Voice \relative c' { \stemUp \clef bass \key c \major \time 4/4 c2 b c1 } \new Voice \relative c { \stemDown fis2_\markup { \translate #'(-5 . 0) { \concat { "C: vii" \raise #0.6 \small "o7" "/V" \hspace #1 "V" \hspace #4 "I" } } } g c,1 \bar "\|\|" } >> >> }$	Play^ⓘ	3-10	0 3 6	Diminished
Secondary supertonic chord	${ #(set-global-staff-size 16) \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \new PianoStaff << \new Staff << \new Voice \relative c'' { \stemUp \clef treble \key c \major \time 4/4 g2 fis g1 } \new Voice \relative c' { \stemDown c2 c d1 } >> \new Staff << \new Voice \relative c' { \stemUp \clef bass \key c \major \time 4/4 a2 a b1 } \new Voice \relative c { \stemDown a2_\markup { \translate #'(-4 . 0) { \concat { "C: ii" \raise #0.5 \small "7" "/V" \hspace #1 "V" \raise #1 \small "7" "/V" \hspace #1.5 "V" } } } d g1 \bar "\|\|" } >> >> }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Seven six chord^[5]	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g a bes>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-25B	0 4 7 9 t	Major
Seventh suspension four chord^[6]	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c f g bes>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	4-23	0 5 7 t	Suspended
So What chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \clef treble \time 4/4 \hide Staff.TimeSignature <d g b>1 } \new Staff { \clef bass \time 4/4 \hide Staff.TimeSignature <e, a>1 } >> } }$	Play^ⓘ	5-35	0 5 t 3 7	Bitonal
Suspended chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c f g>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-9	0 5 7	Suspended
Subdominant	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g>2 <f a c> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11B	0 4 7	Major
Subdominant parallel	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <f a c>2 <d f a> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Submediant	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g>2 <a c e> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Subtonic	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g>2 <bes d f> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11B	0 4 7	Major
Supertonic	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g>2 <d f a> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Thirteenth flat ninth chord^[2]	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g bes des a'>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	6-27	0 4 7 t 1 x 9^[7]	Major
Thirteenth flat ninth flat fifth chord^[2]	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e ges bes des a'>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	6-Z49	0 4 6 t 1 x 9^[7]	M3+b5
Tonic counter parallel	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g>2 <b e g> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Tonic	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g>1 } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11B	0 4 7	Major
Tonic parallel	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c e g>2 <a c e> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Tristan chord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \new PianoStaff << \new Staff << \relative c' { \clef treble \key c \major \time 4/4 <dis gis>1 } >> \new Staff << \relative c { \clef bass \key c \major \time 4/4 <f b>1 } >> >> }$	Play^ⓘ	4-27A	0 3 6 t	Predominant
Viennese trichord	${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c des ges>2 <c fis g!> } }$	Play^ⓘ	3-5A 3-5B	0 1 6 0 6 7	Atonal

References

^ Pearse, John (1977). The Guitarist's Picture Chord Encyclopedia, p.31. ISBN 0-8256-2199-2.
^ ^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.
^ Pearse (1977), p.35.
^ Pearse (1977), p.27.
^ Pearse (1977), p.34.
^ Pearse (1977), p.24
^ ^a ^b x could be either 5, 6, or nothing, depending on the eleventh of the chord.

[1] Pearse, John (1977). The Guitarist's Picture Chord Encyclopedia, p.31. ISBN 0-8256-2199-2.

[Bay1971-2] 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

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