List of chords explained

See also: List of chord progressions.

The following is a list of musical chords and simultaneities:

Code	Chord type
Major	Major chord
Minor	Minor chord
Augmented	Augmented chord
	Diminished chord
Indeterminate	Indeterminate chord
Predominant	Predominant chord
Suspended	Suspended chord
M3+d5	Major third, flat five
Just	Just intonation
Bitonal	Bitonal chord
Atonal	Atonal chord

Chord on C	Sound		p.c. #s	Quality
Augmented chord			3-12	0 4 8	Augmented
Augmented eleventh chord^[1]			6-34	0 4 7 t 2 6	Major
			4-19	0 4 8 e	Augmented
Augmented seventh chord			4-24	0 4 8 t	Augmented
			3–8 4-25 4-27B	0 4 t 0 4 6 t 0 4 7 t	Predominant
			3-10	0 3 6	Diminished
			4-18	0 3 6 e	Diminished
Diminished seventh chord (leading-tone and secondary chord)			4-28	0 3 6 9	Diminished
			3-11	0 4 7	Major
			6-33	0 4 7 t 2 5	Major
			5-31	0 4 7 t 1	Major
			5-34	0 4 7 t 2	Major
			3-11	0 3 7	Minor
			4-27	0 4 7 t	Major
			4-25	0 4 6 t	Diminished
Dominant seventh sharp nine / Hendrix chord			5-32	0 4 7 t 3	Major
			7-35	0 4 7 t 2 5 9	Major
			4-6	0 5 6 7	Just
			5-32	0 7 9 1 4	Bitonal
			5-z17	0 8 e 4 9	Atonal
			4-27	0 3 6 t	Diminished
			4-27	0 4 7 t	Major
Leading-tone triad			3-10	0 3 6	Diminished
Lydian chord			5-20	0 4 7 e 6	Major
Magic chord			8	0 1 5 6 t 0 3 5	Just
Major chord			3-11	0 4 7	Major
Major eleventh chord			6-z25	0 4 7 e 2 5	Major
Major seventh chord			4-20	0 4 7 e	Major
Major seventh sharp eleventh chord			5-30	0 4 8 e 6	Augmented
Major sixth chord			4-26	0 4 7 9	Major
Major sixth ninth chord ("6 add 9", Nine six,^[2] 6/9)			5-35	0 4 7 9 2	Major
Major ninth chord			5-27	0 4 7 e 2	Major
Major thirteenth chord			7-35	0 4 7 e 2 5 9	Major
Mediant			3-11	0 3 7	Minor
Minor chord			3-11	0 3 7	Minor
Minor eleventh chord			6-32	0 3 7 t 2 5	Minor
Minor major seventh chord			4-19	0 3 7 e	Minor
Minor ninth chord			5-27	0 3 7 t 2	Minor
Minor seventh chord			4-26	0 3 7 t	Minor
Minor sixth chord			4-27	0 3 7 9	Minor
Minor sixth ninth chord (6/9)			5-29	0 3 7 9 2	Minor
Minor thirteenth chord			7-35	0 3 7 t 2 5 9	Minor
Mystic chord			6-34	0 6 t 4 9 2	Atonal
Neapolitan chord			3-11	1 5 8	Major
Ninth augmented fifth chord^[3] ^[4]			5-33	0 4 8 t 2	Augmented
Ninth flat fifth chord			5-33	0 4 6 t 2	M3+d5
Northern lights chord			11-1	1 2 8 0 3 6 7 t e 4 7	Atonal
data-sort-value="Ode-to-Napoleon hexachord"	"Ode-to-Napoleon" hexachord			6-20	0 1 4 5 8 9	Atonal
Petrushka chord	\new PianoStaff << \new Staff = "up" \relative c \new Staff = "down" \relative c' >>		6-30	0 1 4 6 7 t	Bitonal
Power chord P5			2-5	0 7	Indeterminate
Psalms chord			3-11	0 3 7	Minor
			3-11	0 4 7	Major
			3-10	0 3 6	Diminished
			3-11	0 3 7	Minor
Seven six chord^[5]			5-25	0 4 7 9 t	Major
Seventh suspension four chord^[6]			4-23	0 5 7 t	Suspended
So What chord			5-35	0 5 t 3 7	Bitonal
Suspended chord			3-9	0 5 7	Suspended
Subdominant			3-11	0 4 7	Major
Subdominant parallel			3-11	0 3 7	Minor
Submediant			3-11	0 3 7	Minor
Subtonic			3-11	0 4 7	Major
Supertonic			3-11	0 3 7	Minor
Thirteenth flat ninth chord			6-27	0 4 7 t 1 x 9^[7]	Major
Thirteenth flat ninth flat fifth chord			6-z49	0 4 6 t 1 x 9	M3+d5
Tonic counter parallel			3-11	0 3 7	Minor
Tonic			3-11	0 4 7	Major
Tonic parallel			3-11	0 3 7	Minor
Tristan chord			4-27	0 3 6 t	Predominant
Viennese trichord			3-5A	0 1 6 or 0 6 7	Atonal

Notes and References

1. Pearse, John (1977). The Guitarist's Picture Chord Encyclopedia, p.31. .
2. Pearse (1977), p.35.
3. Book: Bay, William. Encyclopedia of guitar chords. 27 May 2011. 10 April 1971. Mel Bay Publications. 978-0-87166-664-2. 2.
4. Pearse (1977), p.27.
5. Pearse (1977), p.34.
6. Pearse (1977), p.24
7. x could be either 5, 6, or nothing, depending on the eleventh of the chord.