List of musical chords

Name	Image	Sound	# of pitch classes	Pitch class #'s	Quality
Added tone chord Added tone chord An added tone chord is a non-tertian chord composed of a tertian triad and an extra "added" note. The added note is not a seventh , but typically a non-tertian note, which cannot be defined by a sequence of thirds from the root, such as the added sixth or fourth...	—	—	variable (+1)	—	—
Augmented chord Augmented triad In music, an augmented triad is a triad, or chord, consisting of two major thirds . The term augmented triad arises from an augmented triad being a three note chord, or triad, whose top note is raised, or augmented...			3	0 4 8	Augmented
Augmented eleventh chord Altered chord In music, an altered chord, an example of alteration, is a chord with one or more diatonic notes replaced by, or altered to, a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale...			6	0 4 7 t 2 6	Major
Augmented major seventh chord Augmented major seventh chord In music, an augmented major seventh chord, augmented/major seventh chord, or major seventh sharp five chord is a nondominant seventh chord comprising the root note, the note a major third above the root, the note an augmented fifth above the root, and the note a major seventh above the root:...			4	0 4 8 e	Augmented
Augmented seventh chord Augmented seventh chord The augmented seventh chord , or seventh augmented fifth chord,or seventh sharp five chord is a dominant seventh chord consisting of an augmented triad with a minor seventh. Thus, it consists of a root, major third, augmented fifth, and the minor seventh.Thus in the key of C major it would be C,...			4	0 4 8 t	Augmented
Augmented sixth chord Augmented sixth chord In music theory, an augmented sixth chord contains the interval of an augmented sixth above its "root" or bass tone . This chord has its origins in the Renaissance, further developed in the Baroque, and became a distinctive part of the musical style of the Classical and Romantic periods.-Resolution...			3	0 6 8	Predominant
Diminished chord			3	0 3 6	Diminished
Diminished major seventh chord Diminished major seventh chord In music theory, a diminished major seventh chord is a chord composed of a diminished triad and a major seventh. Thus it is composed of a root, minor third, diminished fifth and major seventh. It is infrequently used....			4	0 3 6 e	Diminished
Diminished seventh chord Diminished seventh chord A diminished seventh chord is a four note chord that comprises a diminished triad plus the interval of a diminished seventh above the root. Thus it is , or enharmonically , of any major scale; for example, C diminished-seventh would be , or enharmonically...			4	0 3 6 9	Diminished
Dominant (music) Dominant (music) In music, the dominant is the fifth scale degree of the diatonic scale, called "dominant" because it is next in importance to the tonic,and a dominant chord is any chord built upon that pitch, using the notes of the same diatonic scale...			3	0 4 7	Major
Dominant eleventh chord Eleventh chord In music, an eleventh chord is a chord which contains the tertian extension of the eleventh. Typically found in jazz, an eleventh chord will also usually include the seventh and ninth along with elements of the basic triad structure. Variants include the dominant eleventh, minor eleventh, and the...			6	0 4 7 t 2 5	Major
Dominant ninth Ninth chord A ninth chord is a chord that encompasses the interval of a ninth when arranged in close position with the root in the bass.A dominant ninth is a dominant chord with a ninth. A ninth chord, as an extended chord, typically includes the seventh along with the basic triad structure. Thus, a Cmaj9...			5	0 4 7 t 2	Major
Dominant parallel Dominant parallel In music theory, the dominant parallel is terminology used in German theory derived mainly from Hugo Riemann. The dominant parallel is abbreviated Dp, in major, and dP, in minor, where a capital letter denotes a major chord and a lowercase letter denotes a minor chord...			3	0 3 7	Minor
Dominant seventh chord Dominant seventh chord In music theory, a dominant seventh chord, or major minor seventh chord,is a chord composed of a root, major third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh. It can be also viewed as a major triad with an additional minor seventh...			4	0 4 7 t	Major
Dominant seventh flat five chord			4	0 4 6 t	Diminished
Dominant thirteenth chord Thirteenth In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the interval between the sixth and first scale degrees when the sixth is transposed up an octave, creating a compound sixth, or thirteenth. The thirteenth is most commonly major or minor ....			7	0 4 7 t 2 5 9	Major
Dream chord Dream Chord The Dream Chord is a chord that is used prominently in the works of La Monte Young. It is made up of the pitches G-C-C sharp-D. The chord is prominently featured in Young's compositions "for Brass", "Trio", and "The Four Dreams of China"....			4	0 5 6 7	Indeterminate
Elektra chord Elektra chord The Elektra chord is a "complexly dissonant signature-chord" and motivic elaboration used by composer Richard Strauss to represent the title character of his opera Elektra that is a "bitonal synthesis of E major and C-sharp major" and may be regarded as a polychord related to conventional chords...			5	0 7 9 1 4	Bitonal
Eleventh chord Eleventh chord In music, an eleventh chord is a chord which contains the tertian extension of the eleventh. Typically found in jazz, an eleventh chord will also usually include the seventh and ninth along with elements of the basic triad structure. Variants include the dominant eleventh, minor eleventh, and the...	—	—	6	—	—
Extended chord Extended chord In music, extended chords are tertian chords or triads with notes extended, or added, beyond the seventh. Ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords are extended chords...	—	—	≥5	—	—
Farben chord Farben chord In music, the Farben' chord is a chord, C-G-B-E-A, named after its use in Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16, No. 3, "Farben" by Arnold Schoenberg. Containing the pitch-classes 01348 , it is labeled 5-Z17....			5	0 8 e 4 9	Atonal
Harmonic seventh chord Harmonic seventh chord The harmonic seventh chord is a major triad plus the harmonic seventh interval . This interval is somewhat narrower than and is "sweeter in quality" than an "ordinary" minor seventh, which has a just-intonation ratio of 9:5 , or an equal-temperament ratio of 1000 cents...			4	0 4 7 t	Major
Hendrix chord Hendrix chord In music, the dominant 79 chord is sometimes known colloquially as the Hendrix chord or Purple Haze chord, nicknamed for guitarist Jimi Hendrix... /Augmented ninth			5	0 4 7 t 3	Mixed
Leading-tone Leading-tone In music theory, a leading-note is a note or pitch which resolves or "leads" to a note one semitone higher or lower, being a lower and upper leading-tone, respectively....  chord			3	0 3 6	Diminished
Lydian chord Lydian chord In jazz music, the lydian chord is the maj711 chord, or 11 chord, the chord found on the first degree of the lydian mode, the sharp eleventh being a compound augmented fourth. It is described as, "beautiful," and, "modern sounding"...			4	0 4 7 e 6	Major
Major chord Major chord In music theory, a major chord is a chord having a root, a major third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a major triad...			3	0 4 7	Major
Major eleventh chord Eleventh chord In music, an eleventh chord is a chord which contains the tertian extension of the eleventh. Typically found in jazz, an eleventh chord will also usually include the seventh and ninth along with elements of the basic triad structure. Variants include the dominant eleventh, minor eleventh, and the...			6	0 4 7 e 2 5	Major
Major seventh chord Major seventh chord In music, a major seventh chord is any nondominant seventh chord where the "third" note is a major third above the root.Most typically, major seventh chord refers to where the "seventh" note is a major seventh above the root . This is more precisely known as the major/major seventh chord, and it...			4	0 4 7 e	Major
Major seventh sharp eleventh chord			5	0 4 7 e 6	Augmented
Major sixth chord Sixth chord A sixth chord may be any of several kinds of chord depending on the use of the term in classical music and popular music. The original meaning of the term is a chord in first inversion, in other words with its third in the bass and its root a sixth above it...			4	0 4 7 9	Major
Major ninth chord Ninth chord A ninth chord is a chord that encompasses the interval of a ninth when arranged in close position with the root in the bass.A dominant ninth is a dominant chord with a ninth. A ninth chord, as an extended chord, typically includes the seventh along with the basic triad structure. Thus, a Cmaj9...			5	0 4 7 e 2	Major
Major thirteenth chord Thirteenth In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the interval between the sixth and first scale degrees when the sixth is transposed up an octave, creating a compound sixth, or thirteenth. The thirteenth is most commonly major or minor ....			7	0 4 7 e 2 6 9	Major
Mediant Mediant In music, the mediant is the third scale degree of the diatonic scale, being the note halfway between the tonic and the dominant. Similarly, the submediant is halfway between the tonic and subdominant...			3	0 3 7	Minor
Minor chord Minor chord In music theory, a minor chord is a chord having a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth.When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a minor triad....			3	0 3 7	Minor
Minor eleventh chord			6	0 3 7 t 2 5	Minor
Minor major seventh chord Minor major seventh chord A minor major seventh chord, or minor/major seventh chord is a naturally occurring diatonic nondominant seventh chord in the harmonic minor scale. The chord is built on a root, and above that the intervals of a minor third, a major third above that note and above that a major third...			4	0 3 7 e	Minor
Minor ninth chord Ninth chord A ninth chord is a chord that encompasses the interval of a ninth when arranged in close position with the root in the bass.A dominant ninth is a dominant chord with a ninth. A ninth chord, as an extended chord, typically includes the seventh along with the basic triad structure. Thus, a Cmaj9...			5	0 3 7 t 2	Minor
Minor seventh chord Minor seventh chord In music, a minor seventh chord is any nondominant seventh chord where the "third" note is a minor third above the root.Most typically, minor seventh chord refers to where the "seventh" note is a minor seventh above the root...			4	0 3 7 t	Minor
Half-diminished seventh chord Half-diminished seventh chord In music theory, the half-diminished seventh chord is created by taking the root, minor third, diminished fifth and minor seventh of any major scale; for example, C half-diminished is . Its consecutive intervals are minor 3rd, minor 3rd, major 3rd...			4	0 3 6 t	Diminished
Minor sixth chord Sixth chord A sixth chord may be any of several kinds of chord depending on the use of the term in classical music and popular music. The original meaning of the term is a chord in first inversion, in other words with its third in the bass and its root a sixth above it...			4	0 3 7 9	Minor
Minor thirteenth chord Thirteenth In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the interval between the sixth and first scale degrees when the sixth is transposed up an octave, creating a compound sixth, or thirteenth. The thirteenth is most commonly major or minor ....			7	0 3 7 t 2 5 9	Minor
Mu chord			4	0 2 4 7	Major
Mystic chord			6	0 6 t 4 9 2	Atonal
Neapolitan chord Neapolitan chord In music theory, a Neapolitan chord is a major chord built on the lowered second scale degree. It most commonly occurs in first inversion so that it is notated either as II6 or N6 and normally referred to as a Neapolitan sixth chord...			3	1 5 8	Major
Ninth chord Ninth chord A ninth chord is a chord that encompasses the interval of a ninth when arranged in close position with the root in the bass.A dominant ninth is a dominant chord with a ninth. A ninth chord, as an extended chord, typically includes the seventh along with the basic triad structure. Thus, a Cmaj9...	—	—	5	—	—
Ninth augmented fifth chord Altered chord In music, an altered chord, an example of alteration, is a chord with one or more diatonic notes replaced by, or altered to, a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale...			5	0 4 8 t 2	Augmented
Ninth flat fifth chord Altered chord In music, an altered chord, an example of alteration, is a chord with one or more diatonic notes replaced by, or altered to, a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale...			5	0 4 6 t 2	M3+d5
Northern Lights chord Northern lights chord In music, the northern lights' chord is an eleven-note chord from Ernst Krenek's Cantata for Wartime , that represents the Northern Lights...			11	1 2 8 0 3 6 7 t e 4 7	Atonal
'Ode-to-Napoleon' hexachord 'Ode-to-Napoleon' hexachord In music, the Ode-to-Napoleon' hexachord is the hexachord named after its use in the twelve-tone piece Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte by Arnold Schoenberg . Containing the pitch-classes 014589 it is labeled 6-20 in Allen Forte's taxonomic system...			6	0 1 4 5 8 9	Atonal
Petrushka chord Petrushka chord The Petrushka chord is a recurring polytonic device used in Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka and in later music. These two major triads, C major and F# major - a tritone apart - clash, "horribly with each other," when sounded together and create a dissonant chord.-Structure:The Petrushka chord is...			6	0 1 4 6 7 t	Mixed
Power chord Power chord In music, a power chord is a chord consisting of only the root note of the chord and the fifth interval, usually played on electric guitar, and typically through an amplification process that imparts distortion...			2	0 7	Indeterminate
Psalms chord Psalms chord In music, the Psalms chord is "the famous opening chord" of Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, a "barking E minor triad - characteristically spaced", "like no E-minor triad that was ever known before"...			3	0 3 7	Minor
Quartal chord Quartal and quintal harmony In music, quartal harmony is the building of harmonic structures with a distinct preference for the intervals of the perfect fourth, the augmented fourth and the diminished fourth. Quintal harmony is harmonic structure preferring the perfect fifth, the augmented fifth and the diminished fifth...	—	—	—	—	—
Secondary dominant Secondary dominant Secondary dominant is an analytical label for a specific harmonic device, prevalent in the tonal idiom of Western music beginning in the common practice period...			3	0 4 7	Major
Secondary leading-tone chord Secondary leading-tone chord In music theory, a secondary leading-tone chord or secondary seventh or secondary diminished seventh, as in seventh scale degree or leading-tone, is a secondary chord but rather than being a dominant it is a leading-tone seventh chord or triad, which are similar in function to dominant chords. Also...			3	0 3 6	Diminished
Secondary supertonic chord Secondary supertonic chord In music theory, the secondary supertonic chord or secondary second, is a secondary chord, but rather than being on the dominant it is on the supertonic scale degree and rather than tonicizing a degree other than the tonic, as does a secondary dominant, it creates a temporary dominant...			3	0 3 7	Minor
Seven six chord Seven six chord In music, a seven six chord is a chord containing both factors a sixth and a seventh above the root, making it both an added chord and a seventh chord. However, the term may mean the first inversion of an added ninth chord ....			5	0 4 7 9 t	Major
Seventh chord Seventh chord A seventh chord is a chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh above the chord's root. When not otherwise specified, a "seventh chord" usually means a major triad with an added minor seventh...	—	—	4	—	—
Seventh flat nine chord Altered chord In music, an altered chord, an example of alteration, is a chord with one or more diatonic notes replaced by, or altered to, a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale...			5	0 4 7 t 1	Major
Seventh suspension four chord Suspended chord A suspended chord is a chord in which the third is omitted, replaced usually with either a perfect fourth or a major second , although the fourth is far more common...			4	0 5 7 t	Suspended
Sixth ninth chord Added tone chord An added tone chord is a non-tertian chord composed of a tertian triad and an extra "added" note. The added note is not a seventh , but typically a non-tertian note, which cannot be defined by a sequence of thirds from the root, such as the added sixth or fourth...  ("6 add 9"Nine six)			5	0 4 7 9 2	Major
Suspended chord Suspended chord A suspended chord is a chord in which the third is omitted, replaced usually with either a perfect fourth or a major second , although the fourth is far more common...			3	0 5 7	Indeterminate
Subdominant Subdominant In music, the subdominant is the technical name for the fourth tonal degree of the diatonic scale. It is so called because it is the same distance "below" the tonic as the dominant is above the tonic - in other words, the tonic is the dominant of the subdominant. It is also the note immediately...			3	0 4 7	Major
Subdominant parallel Subdominant parallel In music theory, the subdominant parallel is the relative to the subdominant and is thus considered to have or fulfill the function of the subdominant. The term is derived from German theory and the writings of Hugo Riemann....			3	0 3 7	Minor
Submediant Submediant In music, the submediant is the sixth scale degree of the diatonic scale, the 'lower mediant' halfway between the tonic and the subdominant or 'lower dominant'...			3	0 3 7	Minor
Subtonic Subtonic In music, the subtonic or flattened seventh is the lowered or minor seventh degree of the scale, a whole step below the tonic, as opposed to the leading tone...			3	0 4 7	Major
Supertonic Supertonic In music or music theory, the supertonic is the second degree or note of a diatonic scale, one step above the tonic. In music theory, the supertonic chord is symbolized by the Roman numeral ii in a major scale, indicating that the chord is a minor chord , or ii in a natural minor scale, indicating...			3	0 3 7	Minor
So What chord So What chord In jazz and jazz harmony, a So What chord is a particular 5-note chord voicing such as employed by Bill Evans in the "'amen' response figure" to the head of the tune "So What"....			5	0 5 t 3 7	Bitonal
Thirteenth chord Thirteenth In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the interval between the sixth and first scale degrees when the sixth is transposed up an octave, creating a compound sixth, or thirteenth. The thirteenth is most commonly major or minor ....	—	—	7	—	—
Thirteenth flat ninth chord Altered chord In music, an altered chord, an example of alteration, is a chord with one or more diatonic notes replaced by, or altered to, a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale...			6	0 4 7 t 1 x 9	Major
Thirteenth flat ninth flat fifth chord Altered chord In music, an altered chord, an example of alteration, is a chord with one or more diatonic notes replaced by, or altered to, a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale...			6	0 4 6 t 1 x 9	M3+d5
Tonic counter parallel Counter parallel In music theory, the counter parallel is terminology used in German theory derived mainly from Hugo Riemann to refer to relative diatonic functions and is abbreviated Tcp in major and tCp in minor...			3	0 3 7	Minor
Tonic (music) Tonic (music) In music, the tonic is the first scale degree of the diatonic scale and the tonal center or final resolution tone. The triad formed on the tonic note, the tonic chord, is thus the most significant chord...			3	0 4 7	Major
Tonic parallel Tonic parallel In music theory, the tonic parallel is a diatonic function and chord, relative to the tonic, and thus considered to have or fulfill the function of the tonic. The term is used in German theory and derives from the work of Hugo Riemann. It is abbreviated "Tp" in major and "tP" in minor.In C major:*...			3	0 3 7	Minor
Tristan chord Tristan chord The Tristan chord is a chord made up of the notes F, B, D and G. More generally, it can be any chord that consists of these same intervals: augmented fourth, augmented sixth, and augmented ninth above a root...			4	0 3 6 t	Predominant
Viennese trichord Viennese trichord In music theory, a Viennese trichord , named for the Second Viennese School, is prime form . It has Forte #3-5.As opposed to Hindemith and 037 , "Composers such as Webern .....			3	0 1 6 or 0 6 7	Atonal

See also

• Altered chord
  Altered chord
  In music, an altered chord, an example of alteration, is a chord with one or more diatonic notes replaced by, or altered to, a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale...
  
  
• Approach chord
  Approach chord
  In music, an approach chord is a chord one half-step higher or lower than the goal, especially in the context of turnarounds and cycle-of-fourths progressions, for example the two bar 50s progression: |G Em |Am D7 ||may be filled in with approach chords: |G F9 Em Abm |Am D#7 D7 Gb7...
  
  
• Chord names and symbols (jazz and pop music)
  Chord names and symbols (jazz and pop music)
  Various kinds of chord names and symbols are used in different contexts, to represent musical chords. In jazz and popular music, a chord name and the corresponding symbol are typically composed of one or more of the following parts:# The root note ....
  
  
• Chromatic mediant
• Common chord (music)
• Diatonic function
  Diatonic function
  In tonal music theory, a diatonic function is the specific, recognized role of each of the 7 notes and their chords in relation to the diatonic key...
  
  
• Jazz chord
• Lead sheet
  Lead sheet
  A lead sheet is a form of music notation that specifies the essential elements of a popular song: the melody, lyrics and harmony. The melody is written in modern Western music notation, the lyric is written as text below the staff and the harmony is specified with chord symbols above the...
  
  
• List of musical intervals
• List of musical scales and modes
• Open chord
  Open chord
  In music, especially guitar, an open chord is a chord that is not fingered and fretted, the opposite of a barre chord, the strings of which ring, or sound, freely and fully....
  
  
• Passing chord
  Passing chord
  In music, a passing chord is, "a nondiatonic chord that connects, or passes between, the notes of two diatonic chords." "Any chord that moves between one diatonic chord and another one nearby may be loosely termed a passing chord...
  
  
• Primary triad
  Primary triad
  In music, a primary triad is a one of the three triads, or three note chord built from thirds, most important in tonal and diatonic music, as opposed to an auxiliary triad or secondary triad....
  
  
• Root (chord)
  Root (chord)
  In music theory, the root of a chord is the note or pitch upon which a triadic chord is built. For example, the root of the major triad C-E-G is C....
  
  
• Synthetic chord
  Synthetic chord
  In music the mystic chord or Prometheus chord is a complex six-note chord, scale, or pitch collection, which loosely serves as the harmonic and melodic basis for some of the later pieces by Russian composer Alexander Scriabin...
  
  
• Tone cluster
  Tone cluster
  A tone cluster is a musical chord comprising at least three consecutive tones in a scale. Prototypical tone clusters are based on the chromatic scale, and are separated by semitones. For instance, three adjacent piano keys struck simultaneously produce a tone cluster...
  
  
• Triad
  Triad
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• Upper structure
  Upper structure
  In jazz music, the term upper structure or upper structure triad refers to a voicing approach developed by jazz pianists and arrangers defined by the sounding of a major or minor triad in the uppermost pitches of a more complex harmony....