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The added-fourth chord (notated "add4") almost always occurs on the fifth scale degree where the added note is the key's tonic note. Examples in popular music include the second chord in the verse of "Runaway Train" and the introduction of The Who's "Baba O'Riley". [2]
Minor 6/9 C chord, featuring the major sixth degree of the jazz minor scale. [16] Play ⓘ Second factor (D), in red, of a C added second chord, C add2. Play ⓘ The 6/9 chord is a pentad with a major triad joined by a sixth and ninth above the root, but no seventh. For example, C 6/9 is C–E–G–A–D.
One way is to simply use the word 'add', for example, C add 9. The second way is to use 2 instead of 9, implying that it is not a seventh chord, for instance, C 2. Note that this provides other ways of showing a ninth chord, for instance, C 7add 9, C 7add 2, or C 7/9. Generally however, this is shown as simply C 9, which
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A guitarist performing a C chord with G bass. In Western music theory, a chord is a group [a] of notes played together for their harmonic consonance or dissonance.The most basic type of chord is a triad, so called because it consists of three distinct notes: the root note along with intervals of a third and a fifth above the root note. [1]
A chord chart. Play ⓘ. A chord chart (or chart) is a form of musical notation that describes the basic harmonic and rhythmic information for a song or tune. It is the most common form of notation used by professional session musicians playing jazz or popular music.
In music, harmonization is the chordal accompaniment to a line or melody: "Using chords and melodies together, making harmony by stacking scale tones as triads". [ 2 ] A harmonized scale can be created by using each note of a musical scale as a root note for a chord and then by taking other tones within the scale building the rest of a chord.
The I–V–vi–IV progression, also known as the four-chord progression is a common chord progression popular across several genres of music. It uses the I, V, vi, and IV chords of a musical scale. For example, in the key of C major, this progression would be C–G–Am–F. [1] Rotations include: I–V–vi–IV : C–G–Am–F