Chord Vocabulary 2

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The document covers different guitar chord types including power chords, triad chords, 7th chords, extended chords, and other chord variations. It also discusses interpreting chord charts and progressions.

The document discusses diad and power chords, triad chords, 7th chords, extended chords such as 9th, 11th and 13th chords, and other essential chords such as diminished chords.

Slash chords are chords formed by placing a note above the chord indicating the bass note, such as C/G. They are formed by placing a note before the chord name separated by a slash. These allow chords to have variation in their bass notes.

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SECTION 2

Chord Vocabulary
PRINCIPLE 12: Diads & Power Chords
(6th, 5th, 4th and 3rd String Root)
PRINCIPLE 13: Triad Chords

G G G G

G G G G

Am Am Am Am

Am Am Am

Bm Bm Bm Bm

Bm Bm
C C C C

C C

D D D D

D D
Em Em Em Em

C Em

F#° F#° F#°

F#° F#°
PRINCIPLE 14: 7th Chords

G (Imaj) Am (IImin) Bm (IIImin) C (IV maj)

D (V maj) Em (VI min) F#° (VII dim) G (VIII or I)

G maj7 (Ima7) Am7 (IIma7) Bm7 (IImi7) C maj7 (IVma7)

G maj7 (VIII or
F#min7b5 Ima7)
D7 (V7) Em7 (VImi7) (VIIm7b5)
G maj7 A min7 B min7 C maj7

G maj7
D7 E min7 F#min7b5

G maj7 A min7 B min7 C maj7

5 7 8

D7 E min7 F#min7b5

10 12 13
Am7 Bm7 C maj7 D7

Em7 F#min7b5 C maj7

7 9 10

D7 Em7 F#min7b5 G maj7

Am7 Bm7 C maj7

7 9 10
PRINCIPLE 15: 9th, 11th, and 13th
Chords

Gmaj7 Gmaj9 Am7 Am9

5 5

Gmaj11 Gmaj13 Am11 Am13

Circled notes are extensions

Bm7 Bm7b9 Cmaj7 Cmaj9

Bm7 Bm7b13 Cmaj7#11 Cmaj13

5
D7 D9 Em7 Em9

5 7 5

D11 D13 Em11 Em13

5 4 5

Circled notes are extensions

F#m7b5 F#m7b9b5

F#m11b5 F#m13b5

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PRINCIPLE 13-15: Popular Voicings

G G G G

7 10

G Gmaj7 Gmaj7 Gmaj7

Gmaj7 Gmaj7 Gmaj7 Gmaj7

5 8 10

Gmaj9 Gmaj9 Gmaj7#11 Gmaj7#11

9 8 9

Gmaj13 Bm

10
Am Am Am Am

5 5 12

Am Am7 Am7 Am7

8 5

Am7 Am7 Am7 Am9

7 10 10 5

Am9 Am11 Am11 Am11

10 8 10

Am13 Am13

10
Bm Bm Bm Bm

7 7

Bm7 Bm7 Bm7 Bm7

7 7 9

Bm7 Bm7b9 Bm7b9 Bm11

12 7 5

Bm11 Bm7b13 Bm7b13 Bm7b13

7 8 7
C C C C

8 8

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7

5 8

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj9

7 8 10

Cmaj9 Cmaj7#11 Cmaj7#11 Cmaj13

7 7 8

Cmaj13

8 8
D D D D/F#

5 7

D/F# D D D7

10 10

D7 D7 D7 D7

5 7 10

D7 D7 D7 D9

10 12 8

D9(no root) D9 D9 D11 (C/D)

9 9 11

D11 (C/D) D11 (C/D) D11

8 8 12

D13 D13

4 10
Em Em Em Em

7 12

Em Em7 Em7 Em7

12 5

Em7 Em7 Em9 Em9

7 12

Em9 Em9 Em7 Em11

4 5 8 12 5

Em11 Em7b13 Em7b13 Em7b13

10 7 12
F#° F#°/A F#°

5 8

F#m7b5 F#m7b5 F#m7b5

F#m7b9b5 F#m7b13b5
PRINCIPLE 16: Other Essential Chords

5 10

3 10

10 7 3

10 8 9

9 5

5 5 8

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PRINCIPLE 17: Slash Chords

3
G Major Diatonic Slash Chords

10 12 12 12

10 12 9 10

Popular Voicings

Transpose these
7 12
shapes for the IV
& V chords in G
Major (C/D, E/D)

7 12

10 8

10 7 12

7 9
Diatonic Slash Chords Progression
PRINCIPLE 18: Interpreting a Chord
Chart

Basic Chart

Nashville Numbers

1 3mi 4 4
1 3mi 4 4

/// /
6mi 2mi 6mi 2mi 5

1 3mi 4 4
1 3mi 4 4

/// /
6mi 2mi 6mi 2mi 5

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1: Acoustic / Pop

2: Funk Style

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