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A B C# D E F# G# A B C# D
1 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
major [A]: 1 3 5 A C# E
minor [Am]: 1 3b 5 A C E
seventh [A7]: 1 3 5 7b A C# E G
minor seventh [Am7]: 1 3b 5 7b A C E G
major seventh [Amaj7 or AM7]: 1 3 5 7 A C# E G#
sixth [A6]: 1 3 5 6 A C# E F#
minor sixth [Am6]: 1 3b 5 6 A C E F#
augmented [A+]: 1 3 5# A C# E# (A C# F)
augmented 7th [A7+]: 1 3 5# 7b A C# E# G
diminished [Adim]: 1 3b 5b A C Eb
diminished 7th [Adim7 or Ao]: 1 3b 5b 7bb A C Eb Gb
1 3b 5b 6 A C Eb Gb
seventh (flatted fifth) A7(5b): 1 3 5b 7b A C# Eb G
minor 7th (flatted 5th) A7(5b): 1 3b 5b 7b A C Eb G
ninth [A9]: 1 3 5 7b 9 A C# E G B
minor ninth [Am9]: 1 3b 5 7b 9 A C E G B
major ninth [Amaj9 or AM9]: 1 3 5 7 9 A C# E G# B
eleventh [A11]: 1 3 5 7b 9 11 A C# E G B D
diminished 9th: 1 3 5 7b 9b A C# E G Bb
added ninth [A(9) or A(2)]: 1 3 5 9 A C# E B (A B C# E)
added fourth [A(4) or A(11)]: 1 3 5 11 A C# E D
suspended [Asus or Asus4]: 1 4 5 A D E
suspended 9th [Asus9 or Asus2]: 1 2 5 A B E (A E B)
7th suspended 4th [A7sus or A7sus4]: 1 4 5 7b A D E G
7th suspended 9th [A7sus2 or A7sus9]: 1 2 5 7b A B E G
fifth [A5 or A(no 3rd)]: 1 5 A E
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Diminished
PS: any Beach Boys ballad circa "Pet Sounds" makes extensive use of half-
diminished chords, often with the flatted 5th or 7th in the bass:
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Suspended chords.
A suspended chord typically means that the 3rd of the chord has been
replaced by the 4th (Xsus4) (or, less commonly, by the 2nd in which
case it is called Xsus2). Xsus = Xsus4
or:
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