ChordCommander 1.0 Chord Cheat Sheet

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Overview

All chords start with a capital letter, and are separated by spaces (ex: "A B C D E F G").
Notes and intervals can be made sharp with a pound sign (ex: "C#", "Cadd#9"), and flat with a lowercase "b" (ex: "Bb", "Bm7b5").

Triads

Name ChordCommander Symbol Alternate, Unsupported Symbol
Major triad C, Cmaj, CM Cma
Minor triad C-, Cmin, Cm Cmi
Augmented triad C+, Caug, C(#5) -
Diminished triad Cdim Co

Seventh Chords

Name ChordCommander Symbol Alternate, Unsupported Symbol
Major Seventh CM7, Cmaj7 CΔ7, CΔ7, CΔ7, Cj7
Minor Seventh Cm7, Cmin7, C-7 Cm7, Cmin7, C-7
Dominant Seventh C7 C7, Cdom7, Cdom7
Half-diminished seventh Cm7b5, Cmin7b5, C-7b5 Cø7, Cm7♭5, C-7♭5
Diminished seventh Cdim7 Cdim7, Co7
Minor major seventh Cminmaj7, CmM7, CminM7, C-M7, Cm(M7), Cmmaj7 Cminj7, C-Δ7
Augmented seventh C+7, Caug7, C7+5, C7#5 C7+
Augmented major seventh C+(M7), CM7+5, CM7#5 C+j7, C+Δ7

Ninth Chords

Name ChordCommander Symbol Alternate, Unsupported Symbol
Dominant Ninth C9 C9, Cdom9
Major Ninth Cmaj9, CM9 CM9, Cmaj9, CΔ9
Minor Ninth Cmin9, Cm9 Cm9, Cmin9
Augmented Major Ninth C+M9 Caugmaj9
Augmented Ninth C+9, Caug9, C9#5 Caugmaj9
Half-Diminished Ninth Cm7b5(9) Cø9
Diminished Ninth Cdim9 Co9, Co♭9

Eleventh Chords

Name ChordCommander Symbol Alternate, Unsupported Symbol
Eleventh C11 C11, Cdom11
Minor Eleventh Cmin11, Cm11 Cm11, Cmin11
Minor Major Eleventh Cminmaj11, CmM11 Cminmaj11
Augmented Eleventh C+11, Caug11, C11#5 Caugmaj11
Half-Diminished Eleventh Cm7b5(11) Cø11
Diminished Eleventh Cdim11 Co11

Thirteenth Chords

Name ChordCommander Symbol Alternate, Unsupported Symbol
Dominant Thirteenth C13 C13, Cdom13
Major Thirteenth Cmaj13, CM13 CM13, Cmaj13, CΔ13
Minor Thirteenth Cmin13, Cm13 Cm13, Cmin13
Minor Major Thirteenth Cminmaj13, CmM13 Cminmaj13
Augmented Thirteenth C+13, Caug13, C13#5 Caugmaj13
Half-Diminished Thirteenth Cm7b5(13) Cø13
Flat Thirteenth C(b13) C♭13

Suspended Chords

Name ChordCommander Symbol Alternate, Unsupported Symbol
Suspended fourth Csus, Csus4 -
Suspended second Csus2 -

Added Tone Chords

Here are just some examples of how to construct added tone chords with ChordCommander.


Name ChordCommander Symbol Alternate, Unsupported Symbol
Major second chord C2, CM2, Cmaj2 -
Minor second chord C-2, Cm2, Cmin2 -
Major fourth chord C4, CM4, Cmaj4 -
Minor fourth chord C-4, Cm4, Cmin4 -
Major sixth chord C6, CM6, Cmaj6 -
Minor sixth chord C-6, Cm6, Cmin6 -
Major add nine Cadd9, C(add9) -
Major add flat nine Caddb9, C(addb9), Caddm9, Cadd-9, Caddmin9 -
Major add sharp nine Cadd#9, C(add#9), Cadd+9, CaddM9, Caddmaj9 -
Dominant add eleven C7add11, C7(add11) -
Dominant add sharp eleven C7add#11, C7(add#11) -
Dominant add thirteen C7add13, C7(add13) -

6/9 Chords

Name ChordCommander Symbol Alternate, Unsupported Symbol
6/9 chord C6/9 -
6/flat 9 chord C6/m9, C6/b9, C6/-9, C6/min9 -
Minor 6/9 chord Cm6/9, C-6/9, Cmin6/9 -

Altered Chords

Name ChordCommander Symbol Alternate, Unsupported Symbol
Altered chord Calt -
Dominant altered chord C7alt -