Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords
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Major [M] | 1 | - 3 - | 5 |
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| C | C |
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Add ninth [(9)] | 1 | - 2 - | 3 | - 5 |
| C(9) | C(9) | |
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Sixth [6] | 1 | - (3) - 5 - 6 |
| C6 | C6 | |||
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Sixth ninth [6(9)] | 1 | - 2 - | 3 | - (5) - 6 |
| C6(9) | C6(9) * | |
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Major seventh [M7] | 1 | - 3 - | (5) - 7 or |
| CM7 | CM7 | ||
1 | - (3) - 5 - 7 |
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Major seventh ninth [M7(9)] | 1 | - 2 - | 3 | - (5) - 7 |
| CM7(9) | CM7(9) * | |
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Major seventh add sharp eleventh [M7(#11)] | 1 | - (2) - 3 - #4 - 5 - 7 or |
| CM7(#11) | CM7(#11)* | |||
1 | - 2 - | 3 | - #4 - (5) - 7 |
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Flatted fifth [(b5)] | 1 | - 3 - b5 |
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| C(b5) | Cb5 * | ||
Major seventh flatted fifth [M7b5] | 1 | - 3 - b5 | - 7 |
| CM7b5 | CM7b5 * | ||
Suspended fourth [sus4] | 1 | - 4 - | 5 |
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| Csus4 | Csus4 |
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Augmented [aug] | 1 | - 3 - | #5 |
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| Caug | Caug | |
Major seventh augmented [M7aug] | 1 | - (3) - #5 - 7 |
| CM7aug | CM7aug * | |||
Minor [m] | 1 | - b3 - 5 |
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| Cm | Cm | ||
Minor add ninth [m(9)] | 1 | - 2 - b3 | - 5 |
| Cm(9) | Cm(9) | ||
Minor sixth [m6] | 1 | - b3 - 5 | - 6 |
| Cm6 | Cm6 | ||
Minor seventh [m7] | 1 | - b3 - (5) - b7 |
| Cm7 | Cm7 | |||
Minor seventh ninth [m7(9)] | 1 | - 2 - b3 | - (5) - b7 |
| Cm7(9) | Cm7(9) | ||
Minor seventh add eleventh [m7(11)] | 1 | - (2) - b3 - 4 - 5 - (b7) |
| Cm7(11) | Cm7(11) * | |||
Minor major seventh [mM7] | 1 | - b3 - (5) - 7 |
| CmM7 | CmM7 | |||
Minor major seventh ninth [mM7(9)] | 1 | - 2 - b3 | - (5) - 7 |
| CmM7(9) | CmM7(9) * | ||
Minor seventh flatted fifth [m7b5] | 1 | - b3 - b5 - b7 |
| Cm7b5 | Cm7b5 | |||
Minor major seventh flatted fifth [mM7b5] | 1 | - b3 - b5 - 7 |
| CmM7b5 | CmM7b5 * | |||
Diminished [dim] | 1 | - b3 - b5 |
| Cdim | Cdim | |||
Diminished seventh [dim7] | 1 | - b3 - b5 - 6 |
| Cdim7 | Cdim7 | |||
Seventh [7] | 1 | - 3 - | (5) - b7 or |
| C7 | C7 | ||
| 1 | - (3) - 5 - b7 |
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Seventh flatted ninth [7(b9)] | 1 | - b2 - 3 | - (5) - b7 |
| C7(b9) | C7(b9) | ||
Seventh add flatted thirteenth [7(b13)] | 1 | - 3 - | 5 | - b6 - b7 |
| C7(b13) | C7(b13) | |
Seventh ninth [7(9)] | 1 | - 2 - | 3 | - (5) - b7 |
| C7(9) | C7(9) | |
Seventh add sharp eleventh [7(#11)] | 1 - (2) - 3 - #4 - 5 - b7 or |
| C7(#11) | C7(#11) | ||||
1 | - 2 - 3 | - #4 - (5) - b7 |
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Seventh add thirteenth [7(13)] | 1 | - 3 - (5) - 6 - b7 |
| C7(13) | C7(13) | |||
Seventh sharp ninth [7(#9)] | 1 | - #2 - 3 | - (5) - b7 |
| C7(#9) | C7(#9) | ||
Seventh flatted fifth [7b5] | 1 | - 3 - b5 | - b7 |
| C7b5 | C7b5 * | ||
Seventh augmented [7aug] | 1 | - 3 - #5 | - b7 |
| C7aug | C7aug | ||
Seventh suspended fourth [7sus4] | 1 | - 4 - (5) - b7 |
| C7sus4 | C7sus4 | |||
One plus two plus five [1+2+5] | 1 | - 2 - 5 |
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* These chords are not shown in the Chord Dictionary function.
NOTE
•Notes in parentheses can be omitted.
•Playing two same root keys in the adjacent octaves pro- duces accompaniment based only on the root.
•A perfect fifth (1+5) pro- duces accompaniment based only on the root and fifth which can be used with both major and minor chords.
•The chord fingerings listed are all in “root” position, but other inversions can be
•Inversion of the 7sus4 and m7(11) chords are not rec- ognized if the notes shown in parentheses are omitted.
•The auto accompaniment will sometimes not change when related chords are played in sequence (e.g. some minor chords fol- lowed by the minor sev- enth).
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