Borrowed chords occur when chords from the parallel major or minor key are used and substituted for the normal chords of the prevailing...

Added tone chords are triads with an added note a second, fourth, sixth, ninth, eleventh, or thirteenth above the chord root . For exam...

Block chords occur when all of the notes of a chord are played simultaneously in one solid “block”. The following shows examples of block ...

A chord voicing is the vertical spacing of the notes of any given chord . For example, in a C-Major chord, the notes are C, E, and G. These...

Slash chords are a type of chord symbol that indicate what type of chord is to be played along with what the lowest note of the chord voi...

Major Chords A major chord is a chord containing a chord root , a note a major-third above the root, and a note a perfect-fifth abov...

A Neapolitan chord is a major chord built on the flattened second scale degree of a major or minor scale . For example, the Neapolitan ...

Augmented chords are chords built from two stacked major thirds , creating an augmented fifth above the root of the chord. Another way t...

Suspended chords are chords where the third of the chord is displaced up or down a step from its normal position, and the third becomes a f...

Polychords are chords constructed from two or more separate chords. Composers and improvisers use polychords as a resource for rich and co...

The chords every piano and keyboard player should know are the basic Major , minor , Augmented , and diminished chords, and seventh chords...

(You may want to review intervals , chord symbols and chord roots before reading this page or watching the video.) The video demonstrates ...

If we have a minor chord in first inversion the interval between the bass note and the root of the chord is a Major sixth . If we then r...

Most chords are constructed from major or minor thirds . Quartal chords are chords that are constructed from fourths . Quintal chords ar...

The chords of the Major and Minor scales can be indicated by roman numerals. Major chord: I, II, III , etc. Minor chord: i, ii, iii , etc...