FORMULAS These are the formulas for the 3 basic chords and their extensions. Major Minor Common Name Common Name Formula Symbol Symbol cy Major (mn) minor 1,53,5 (6) Major 6th (m6) Minor 6th 1,63,5,6 @ major 7th (m7) minor 7th 1,03,5,67 @ major 9th Gnd), ‘minor 9th 1,3,5,b7,.9 (add 9¥ /9) major add 9th (11) minor 11th 103'5'67 9,11 (6/9) major 6/9th (n7/11) minor 7/11th 1,53,5,07,11 16) major 7/6th (an add 9¥m/9mninor add 9th 1,3,5,9 sy major 13th (m 6/9) minor 6/9th 1,53,5,6,9 (ma), minor major 7th 1,03,5,7 minor natural 7th. (m9) minor major 9th 1,3,5,7,9 Dominant 7th Common Name Formula Symbol @ Dominant 7th 1,3,5,07 7/6) Dominant 7/6th 13,5,6,°7 aly Dominant 7/11th 1,3,5,07,11 (7 Sus) Dominant 7th suspended —1,4,5,b7 @/6 Sus) Dominant 7/6th suspended 1,4,5,6,07 9) Dominant 9th 1,3,5,07,9, ay Dominant 11th 13,5,079,11 13) Dominant 13th 1,3,5,07.9,13 (13 Sus) Dominant 13th suspended 1,4,5,57,9,13 (7/6/11) Dominant 7/6/11 th 1,3,5,07,1113, ai/13) Dominant 11/13th 1,3,5,07,9,11,13 © Diminished 7th 1.83,bs,b87 or 6 w Augmented 1,3, #5 Notes 1) The altered chords are not listed here but they mean just what they say. For instance, a C7b9bs would be a C7 chord with the Sth flatted and ab9th added — in other words the formula would be 1,3, 5,7, 2) The diminished and augmented chords do not really fit in any of the families but they are most like the dominant chords in the way that they are used as you will se. 3)Remember that the 9, 11, and 13 tones may be thought of as the 2, 4, & 6 (and vice versa). So the above formulas that have these tones may be written 2 ways, For example, a 7/6 chord could be written as 1,3,5,07,13 "