Spellingchords

Allchordscanbededucedfromknowingtherootsmajorscale: Cmajorscale(twooctave) C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 Triads: Major: Minor: Diminished: Augmented: 1 1 1 1 + + + + 3 b3 b3 3 + + + + 5 5 b5 #5 (C (C (C (C E G) Eb G) Eb Gb) E G#)

ChordswithanAdded7th: 7 (Dominant 7): Major 7: Minor 7: Diminished 7: m7b5 (Half-Dim 7): 1 1 1 1 1 + + + + + 3 3 b3 b3 b3 + + + + + 5 5 5 b5 b5 + + + + + b7 7 b7 bb7 b7 (C (C (C (C (C E G Bb) E G B) Eb G Bb) Eb Gb Bbb)* Eb Gb Bb)

AFewCommonJazzChords: Major 6: Minor 6: 9: 7b9: Major 9: Minor 9: 11: 13: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 + + + + + + + + 3 b3 3 3 3 b3 3 3 + + + + + + + + 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 + + + + + + + + 6 (C 6 (C b7 + b7 + 7 + b7 + b7 + b7 + E G A) Eb G A) 9 (C E G Bb D) b9 (C E G Bb Db) 9 (C E G B D) 9 (C Eb G Bb D) 9 + 11 (C E G Bb D F) 9 + 11 + 13 (C E G Bb D F A)

Notes: Inextendedchords(nontriadicchords,suchas7,9,11and13),ideallyallofthelowernoteswill beincluded.Forexample,a9thchordwouldalsohavea7th,anda13thchordwouldideallyhavethe 7th,9th,and11thnotes.Thisisntalwayspossible,andrarely,ifever,isitnecessary. Knowingifthe7isflatinanextendedchordcanbetricky.Herearethegeneralrules: Ifitsaminorchord(Cm7,Cm9,Cm13),itsgoingtobeaflat7th Ifitsaplainnumber(C7,C9,C13),itsgoingtobeaflat7th Ifthechordsaysmajorormaj(Cmaj9,forexample),the7thwillbenatural(notflat) Sometimesthechordmaybelistedas#7whichmeansanatural7(Am#7) Fittingallofthenotesonguitarcanbedifficult(orimpossible).Inthiscase,thenotesyoushould typicallyeliminatearethe5th,11th,orthe1stnote:thesenotestendtoaddtheleastamountof color.Everysongcontextisdifferent,however,sobesuretoexperimentonwhatnotesyouthink shouldbedropped. TheopenstringsoftheguitarspellanEm11(EGBDF#A). www.brendanlakemusic.com(c)2013