Chord type overview
A chord is a combination of two or more notes. There are different chord types and each of them has a particular sound. Some of these are not used a lot while others are quite popular. Chords are often build and named off of one note, which is called root note.
Pick one of the chord types from the list below and find out more about it.
- Fifth chords
- Suspended fourth chords
- Suspended fourth seventh chords
- Augmented chords
- Major seventh flat sixth chords
- Augmented seventh chords
- Major chords
- Major seventh chords
- Dominant seventh chords
- Sixth chords
- Major seventh sharp eleventh chords
- Lydian dominant seventh chords
- Minor augmented chords
- Minor chords
- Minor/major seventh chords
- Minor seventh chords
- Minor sixth chords
- Diminished chords
- Half-diminished chords
- Diminished seventh chords
- Dominant sharp ninth chords
- Suspended second chords
- Eleventh chords
- Major ninth chords
- Dominant ninth chords
- Sixth added ninth chords
- Major thirteenth chords
- Dominant thirteenth chords
- Major sharp eleventh (lydian) chords
- Minor/major ninth chords
- Minor ninth chords
- Minor thirteenth chords
- Minor eleventh chords
- Suspended fourth flat ninth chords
- Altered chords
- Dominant flat ninth chords