List of chords

Last updated February 20, 2025

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	Sound	# of p.c.-Forte #	p.c. #s	Quality
Augmented chord	Play ^ⓘ	3-12	0 4 8	Augmented
Augmented eleventh chord ^[1]	Play ^ⓘ	6-34B	0 4 7 t 2 6	Major
Augmented major seventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-19B	0 4 8 e	Augmented
Augmented seventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-24	0 4 8 t	Augmented
Augmented sixth chord		3-8A 4-25 4-27B	0 4 t 0 4 6 t 0 4 7 t	Predominant
Diminished chord	Play ^ⓘ	3-10	0 3 6	Diminished
Diminished major seventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-18A	0 3 6 e	Diminished
Diminished seventh chord (leading-tone and secondary chord)	Play ^ⓘ	4-28	0 3 6 9	Diminished
Dominant	Play ^ⓘ	3-11B	0 4 7	Major
Dominant eleventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	6-33B	0 4 7 t 2 5	Major
Dominant minor ninth	Play ^ⓘ	5-31A	0 4 7 t 1	Major
Dominant ninth	Play ^ⓘ	5-34	0 4 7 t 2	Major
Dominant parallel	Play ^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Dominant seventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-27B	0 4 7 t	Major
Dominant seventh flat five chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-25	0 4 6 t	Diminished
Dominant seventh sharp nine / Hendrix chord	Play ^ⓘ	5-32B	0 4 7 t 3	Major
Dominant thirteenth chord	Play ^ⓘ	7-35	0 4 7 t 2 5 9	Major
Dream chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-6	0 5 6 7	Just
Elektra chord	Play ^ⓘ	5-32B	0 7 9 1 4	Bitonal
Farben chord	Play ^ⓘ	5-Z17	0 8 e 4 9	Atonal
Half-diminished seventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-27A	0 3 6 t	Diminished
Harmonic seventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-27B	0 4 7 t	Major
Leading-tone triad	Play ^ⓘ	3-10	0 3 6	Diminished
Lydian chord	Play ^ⓘ	5-20B	0 4 7 e 6	Major
Magic chord	Play ^ⓘ	8	0 1 5 6 t 0 3 5	Just
Major chord	Play ^ⓘ	3-11B	0 4 7	Major
Major eleventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	6-Z25	0 4 7 e 2 5	Major
Major seventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-20	0 4 7 e	Major
Major seventh sharp eleventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	5-30B	0 4 8 e 6	Augmented
Major sixth chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-26	0 4 7 9	Major
Major sixth ninth chord ("6 add 9",^[2] Nine six,^[3] 6/9)	Play ^ⓘ	5-35	0 4 7 9 2	Major
Major ninth chord	Play ^ⓘ	5-27A	0 4 7 e 2	Major
Major thirteenth chord	Play ^ⓘ	7-35	0 4 7 e 2 5 9	Major
Mediant	Play ^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Minor chord	Play ^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Minor eleventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	6-32	0 3 7 t 2 5	Minor
Minor major seventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-19A	0 3 7 e	Minor
Minor ninth chord	Play ^ⓘ	5-27B	0 3 7 t 2	Minor
Minor seventh chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-26	0 3 7 t	Minor
Minor sixth chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-27A	0 3 7 9	Minor
Minor sixth ninth chord (6/9)	Play ^ⓘ	5-29B	0 3 7 9 2	Minor
Minor thirteenth chord	Play ^ⓘ	7-35	0 3 7 t 2 5 9	Minor
Mystic chord	Play ^ⓘ	6-34A	0 6 t 4 9 2	Atonal
Neapolitan chord	Play ^ⓘ	3-11B	1 5 8	Major
Ninth augmented fifth chord ^[2]^[4]	Play ^ⓘ	5-33	0 4 8 t 2	Augmented
Ninth flat fifth chord ^[2]	Play ^ⓘ	5-33	0 4 6 t 2	M3+b5
Northern lights chord	Play ^ⓘ	11-1	1 2 8 0 3 6 7 t e 4 7	Atonal
"Ode-to-Napoleon" hexachord	Play ^ⓘ	6-20	0 1 4 5 8 9	Atonal
Petrushka chord	Play ^ⓘ	6-30B	0 1 4 6 7 t	Bitonal
Power chord P5	Play ^ⓘ	2-5	0 7	Indeterminate
Psalms chord	Play ^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Secondary dominant	Play ^ⓘ	3-11B	0 4 7	Major
Secondary leading-tone chord	Play ^ⓘ	3-10	0 3 6	Diminished
Secondary supertonic chord	Play ^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Seven six chord ^[5]	Play ^ⓘ	5-25B	0 4 7 9 t	Major
Seventh suspension four chord ^[6]	Play ^ⓘ	4-23	0 5 7 t	Suspended
So What chord	Play ^ⓘ	5-35	0 5 t 3 7	Bitonal
Suspended chord	Play ^ⓘ	3-9	0 5 7	Suspended
Subdominant	Play ^ⓘ	3-11B	0 4 7	Major
Subdominant parallel	Play ^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Submediant	Play ^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Subtonic	Play ^ⓘ	3-11B	0 4 7	Major
Supertonic	Play ^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Thirteenth flat ninth chord ^[2]	Play ^ⓘ	6-27	0 4 7 t 1 x 9^[7]	Major
Thirteenth flat ninth flat fifth chord ^[2]	Play ^ⓘ	6-Z49	0 4 6 t 1 x 9^[7]	M3+b5
Tonic counter parallel	Play ^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Tonic	Play ^ⓘ	3-11B	0 4 7	Major
Tonic parallel	Play ^ⓘ	3-11A	0 3 7	Minor
Tristan chord	Play ^ⓘ	4-27A	0 3 6 t	Predominant
Viennese trichord	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.
1 2 3 4 5 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
1 2 x could be either 5, 6, or nothing, depending on the eleventh of the chord.

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

[Bay1971-2] 1 2 3 4 5 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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List of chords

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