Chord Vocabulary 2
Chord Vocabulary 2
Chord Vocabulary 2
ROBBIE CALVO’S
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#°
PRINCIPLE 14: 7th Chords
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
5 7 8
D7 E min7 F#min7b5
10 12 13
Am7 Bm7 C maj7 D7
7 9 10
7 9 10
PRINCIPLE 15: 9th, 11th, and 13th
Chords
5 5
5
D7 D9 Em7 Em9
5 7 5
5 4 5
F#m7b5 F#m7b9b5
F#m11b5 F#m13b5
4
PRINCIPLE 13-15: Popular Voicings
G G G G
7 10
5 8 10
9 8 9
Gmaj13 Bm
10
Am Am Am Am
5 5 12
8 5
7 10 10 5
10 8 10
Am13 Am13
10
Bm Bm Bm Bm
7 7
7 7 9
12 7 5
7 8 7
C C C C
8 8
5 8
7 8 10
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
9 9 11
8 8 12
D13 D13
4 10
Em Em Em Em
7 12
12 5
7 12
4 5 8 12 5
10 7 12
F#° F#°/A F#°
5 8
F#m7b9b5 F#m7b13b5
PRINCIPLE 16: Other Essential Chords
5 10
3 10
10 7 3
10 8 9
9 5
5 5 8
10
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
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6mi 2mi 6mi 2mi 5
1 3mi 4 4
1 3mi 4 4
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6mi 2mi 6mi 2mi 5
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1: Acoustic / Pop
2: Funk Style