Musical chord

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A Musical chord is any collection of notes or pitches that appear simultaneously, or near-simultaneously over a period of time. Within Freebase, this can represent relative chords, such as major or minor triads, as well as specific chords (Cmaj,... more

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Major chord			Generally speaking, a major chord is any chord which has a major third above its root, as opposed to a minor chord which has a minor third. More specifically, it is the triad made up of a major third and perfect fifth above the root—if the root of...
Augmented chord			In general, an augmented chord is any chord which contains an augmented interval. An augmented sixth chord, for instance, has an augmented sixth between the highest and lowest notes. More specifically, the augmented chord is the triad consisting of...
Minor chord			Generally speaking, a minor chord is any chord which has a minor third above its root, as opposed to a major chord which has a major third. More specifically, it is the triad made up of a minor third and perfect fifth above the root — if the root of...
Diminished chord			Generally, in music, a diminished chord is a chord which has a diminished fifth in it. More specifically, it is a triad (a diminished triad) consisting of a minor third and diminished fifth above the root — if built on C, a diminished chord would...
Tristan chord			The Tristan chord is a chord made up of the note F, B, D# and G# (in modern music, Fm7b5.) More generally, it can be any chord that consists of these same interval: augmented fourth, augmented sixth, and augmented second above a root. It is so named...
Half-diminished seventh chord			In music theory, the half-diminished seventh chord (also known as a minor seventh flat five) is created by taking the root, minor third, diminished fifth and minor seventh (1, ♭3, ♭5 and ♭7) of any major scale; for example, C half-diminished would...
Neapolitan chord			In music theory, a Neapolitan chord (or simply a "Neapolitan") is a major chord built on the lowered second (supertonic) scale degree. It most commonly occurs in first inversion so that it is notated either as ♭II or N and normally referred to as a...
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 and a flat seventh (a "dominant seventh chord")....
Major seventh chord			In music, a major seventh chord is any 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 (a fifth above the third note). In...
Minor major seventh chord			A minor/major seventh chord (written m/M7, minor major seventh and lowercase root nameM7, such as am/M7) is a naturally occurring diatonic chord in the harmonic minor scale. The chord is built on a root, and above that the intervals of a minor...
Minor seventh chord			In music, a minor seventh chord is any 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 (a fifth above the third note). In...
Augmented minor seventh chord			An augmented minor seventh chord comprises the root note, the note a major third above the root, the note an augmented fifth above the root, and the note a minor seventh above the root. For example, A augmented minor seventh chord contains A, C♯, E...
Augmented major seventh chord			An augmented major seventh chord comprises 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. For example, A augmented major seventh chord contains A, C♯, E...
Suspended chord			A suspended chord is a chord in which the third is replaced or accompanied by either a Perfect fourth or a major second, although the fourth is far more common. This type of sound is borrowed from the contrapuntal technique of suspension, where a...
Added tone chord			An added tone chord is a triadic chord with an extra "added" note, such as the added sixth. This includes chords with an added thirteenth and farther "extensions", but that do not include the intervening thirds as in an extended chord. The concept...
Borrowed chord			A borrowed chord is a chord borrowed from the parallel key. If the root of the borrowed chord is not in the original key, then they are named by the accidental. For instance, in major, a chord borrowed from the parallel minor's sixth degree is a ...
Polychord			In music and music theory, a bichord or polychord consists of two or more chord, one on top of the other. The use of polychords may suggest bitonality or polytonality. Harmonic parallelism may suggest bichords. Examples may be found in Igor...
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. For example the following progression : uses an altered IV chord and is an...
Secundal			In music or music theory, secundal is the quality of a chord made from second, and anything related to things constructed from seconds such as counterpoint. Secundal chords are often referred to more generally as tone cluster, especially when non...
Power chord			In music, a power chord is a bare fifth usually played on electric guitar. Traditionally the term chord is understood to mean three or more distinct notes, however this usage is well-accepted amongst guitar players. Therefore, many non-guitar...
Augmented sixth chord			An augmented sixth chord contains the interval of an augmented sixth above its bass. The chord had its origins in the Renaissance, was further developed in the Baroque, and became a distinctive part of the musical style of the Classical and Romantic...
Extended chord			In music, extended chords are tertian chords (built from third) or triad with notes extended, or added, beyond the octave. Ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords are extended chords. The thirteenth is the furthest extension diatonically possible as,...