List of chords

The following is a list of musical chords and simultaneities:

Code
Major	Major chord.
Minor	Minor chord.
Augmented	Augmented chord.
Diminished	Diminished chord.
Indeterminate	Indeterminate chord.
Bitonal	Bitonal chord.
Atonal	Atonal chord.
Predominant	Predominant chord.
Mixed	Mixed-thirds.
Suspended	Suspended.
M3+d5	Major third and flat fifth.

List of musical chords

Name	Image	Sound	# of p.c.	p.c. #'s	Quality
Augmented chord	Augmented chord on C.	Play	3	0 4 8	Augmented
Augmented eleventh chord[1]	Augmented eleventh chord on C.	Play	6	0 4 7 t 2 6	Major
Augmented major seventh chord	Major 7(♯5) chord on C.[2]	Play	4	0 4 8 e	Augmented
Augmented seventh chord	Seventh augmented fifth chord.[3]	Play	4	0 4 8 t	Augmented
Augmented sixth chord	Augmented sixth chord on C resolving to the dominant.	Play	3	0 6 8	Predominant
Diminished chord	Diminished chord on C.	Play	3	0 3 6	Diminished
Diminished major seventh chord	Diminished major seventh chord on C.	Play	4	0 3 6 e	Diminished
Diminished seventh chord	Diminished chord on C.[4]	Play	4	0 3 6 9	Diminished
Dominant (music)	Tonic and dominant in C.	Play	3	0 4 7	Major
Dominant eleventh chord	Dominant eleventh chord on C in four-part writing.[5]	Play	6	0 4 7 t 2 5	Major
Dominant minor ninth	Dominant minor ninth chord on C.	Play	5	0 4 7 t 1	Major
Dominant ninth	Ninth chord on C.[6]	Play	5	0 4 7 t 2	Major
Dominant parallel	Dominant and dominant parallel in C.	Play	3	0 3 7	Minor
Dominant seventh chord	Dominant seventh chord on C.	Play	4	0 4 7 t	Major
Dominant seventh flat five chord	Dominant seventh flat five chord on C.	Play	4	0 4 6 t	Diminished
Dominant seventh raised ninth/Dominant seventh split third chord	Dominant seventh raised ninth/Dominant seventh split third chord on C.	Play	5	0 4 7 t 3	Major
Dominant thirteenth chord	Thirteenth chord on C.[7]	Play	7	0 4 7 t 2 5 9	Major
Dream chord	Dream chord on G.	Play	4	0 5 6 7	Just
Elektra chord	Elektra chord on E.	Play	5	0 7 9 1 4	Bitonal
Farben chord	Farben chord on C.	Play	5	0 8 e 4 9	Atonal
Half-diminished seventh chord	Minor seventh flat five chord on C.[8]	Play	4	0 3 6 t	Diminished
Harmonic seventh chord	Harmonic seventh chord on C.	Play   Play	4	0 4 7 t	Major
Hendrix chord/Augmented ninth[9]	Hendrix chord on G.	Play	5	0 4 7 t 3	Mixed
Leading-tone chord	Tonic and leading tone in C.	Play	3	0 3 6	Diminished
Lydian chord	maj7♯11 chord on C.[10]	Play	4	0 4 7 e 6	Major
Magic chord	Magic chord on E♭.	Play	6	—	Just
Major chord	Major chord on C.	Play	3	0 4 7	Major
Major eleventh chord	Major eleventh chord on C.	Play	6	0 4 7 e 2 5	Major
Major seventh chord	Major seventh chord on C.	Play	4	0 4 7 e	Major
Major seventh sharp eleventh chord	Major 7(♯11) or Lydian augmented chord on C.[2]	Play	5	0 4 7 e 6	Augmented
Major sixth chord	Sixth chord on C.	Play	4	0 4 7 9	Major
Major sixth ninth chord ("6 add 9",[11] Nine six,[12] 6/9)	C6add9 chord.	Play	5	0 4 7 9 2	Major
Major ninth chord	Major ninth chord on C.	Play	5	0 4 7 e 2	Major
Major thirteenth chord	CMA13.	Play	7	0 4 7 e 2 6 9	Major
Mediant	Tonic and mediant in C.	Play	3	0 3 7	Minor
Minor chord	Minor chord on C.	Play	3	0 3 7	Minor
Minor eleventh chord	Minor eleventh chord on C (Cm11).	Play	6	0 3 7 t 2 5	Minor
Minor major seventh chord	Minor major seventh chord on C.	Play	4	0 3 7 e	Minor
Minor ninth chord	Minor ninth chord on C.	Play	5	0 3 7 t 2	Minor
Minor seventh chord	Minor seventh chord on C.	Play	4	0 3 7 t	Minor
Minor sixth chord	C minor chord with added major sixth.	Play	4	0 3 7 9	Minor
Minor sixth ninth chord (6/9)	Minor 6/9 chord.	Play	5	0 3 7 9 2	Minor
Minor thirteenth chord	Cm13.	Play	7	0 3 7 t 2 5 9	Minor
Mu chord	Mu chord on C.	Play	4	0 2 4 7	Major
Mystic chord	Mystic chord on C.	Play	6	0 6 t 4 9 2	Atonal
Neapolitan chord	Neapolitan sixth in C major.	Play	3	1 5 8	Major
Ninth augmented fifth chord[11][13]	Augmented ninth chord on C.[11]	Play	5	0 4 8 t 2	Augmented
Ninth flat fifth chord[11]	Ninth flat five,[14] C^9(♭5).[15]	Play	5	0 4 6 t 2	M3+d5
Northern lights chord	Northern Lights chord.	Play	11	1 2 8 0 3 6 7 t e 4 7	Atonal
"Ode-to-Napoleon" hexachord	'Ode-to-Napoleon' hexachord on C.	Play	6	0 1 4 5 8 9	Atonal
Petrushka chord	Petrushka chord in piano during the second tableau of Petrushka.	Play	6	0 1 4 6 7 t	Mixed
Power chord	Power chord on E.	Play	2	0 7	Indeterminate
Psalms chord	Psalms chord on E.	Play	3	0 3 7	Minor
Secondary dominant	V of V in C, four-part harmony.	Play	3	0 4 7	Major
Secondary leading-tone chord	Secondary leading-tone chord.	Play	3	0 3 6	Diminished
Secondary supertonic chord	Secondary supertonic chord.	Play	3	0 3 7	Minor
Seven six chord[16]	C7/6 or C7,6 chord.[17]	Play	5	0 4 7 9 t	Major
Seventh flat nine chord[18]	Seventh flat nine chord on C.	Play	5	0 4 7 t 1	Major
Seventh suspension four chord[19]	Seventh suspension four chord on C.	Play	4	0 5 7 t	Suspended
So What chord	So What chord on E.	Play	5	0 5 t 3 7	Bitonal
Suspended chord	Sus4 chord on C.	Play	3	0 5 7	Indeterminate
Subdominant	Tonic and subdominant in C.	Play	3	0 4 7	Major
Subdominant parallel	Subdominant and subdominant parallel in C major.	Play	3	0 3 7	Minor
Submediant	Tonic and submediant in C.	Play	3	0 3 7	Minor
Subtonic	Tonic and subtonic in C.	Play	3	0 4 7	Major
Supertonic	Tonic and supertonic in C.	Play	3	0 3 7	Minor
Thirteenth flat ninth chord[11]	Thirteenth flat nine chord.[20][21][22][23][24]	Play	6	0 4 7 t 1 x 9	Major
Thirteenth flat ninth flat fifth chord[11]	Thirteenth flat ninth flat fifth chord on C.	Play	6	0 4 6 t 1 x 9	M3+d5
Tonic counter parallel	Tonic and tonic counter parallel in C major.	Play	3	0 3 7	Minor
Tonic (music)	Tonic (I) in ii-V-I turnaround on C, found at the end of the circle progression.	Play	3	0 4 7	Major
Tonic parallel	Tonic and tonic parallel in C major.	Play	3	0 3 7	Minor
Tristan chord	Tristan chord: half-diminished seventh chord.	Play	4	0 3 6 t	Predominant
Viennese trichord	Viennese trichord.	Play	3	0 1 6 or 0 6 7	Atonal

See also

• Added tone chord
• Altered chord
• Approach chord
• Chord names and symbols (popular music)
• Chromatic mediant
• Common chord (music)
• Diatonic function
• Eleventh chord
• Extended chord
• Jazz chord
• Lead sheet
• List of musical intervals
• List of pitch intervals
• List of musical scales and modes
• List of pitch class sets
• Ninth chord
• Open chord
• Passing chord
• Primary triad
• Quartal chord
• Root (chord)
• Seventh chord
• Synthetic chord
• Thirteenth chord
• Tone cluster
• Triad (music)
• Upper structure

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