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5Easy Accompaniment for Other Instruments
The Chord Types
add9...... major added ninth.
M........... major.
M9......... major ninth.
M7......... major seventh.
aug........ augmented.
6............ sixth.
9............ ninth.
7............ seventh.
add9...... minor added ninth.
m........... minor
m9......... minor ninth.
m7......... minor seventh.
mM7...... minor major seventh.
m6......... minor sixth.
m7(11) ..minor seven eleven.
m7(b5) ..minor seven flat five.
7(#9) .....seventh sharp nine.
7(b9) .....seventh flat nine.
7(b13) ...seventh flat thirteen.
7(13) .....seventh thirteen.
7(#11) ...seventh sharp eleven.
7(#5) .....seventh sharp five.
7sus4.... seventh suspended four.
sus4...... suspended four.
- - -........ non-ABC (see DETAIL
below).
dim........ diminished.
DETAIL
The - - - chord type marking is a special non-ABC type that can beused to create accompaniment patterns without the harmonic limitationsof the ABC system. See page 95 for details.
HINT
If you enter only the chord root without a chord type, the result will be amajor chord.