Chord Spellings

This section isn't so much a tutorial as it is a kind of dictionary of Chord Spellings. Chord Spellings are nothing more than the formula for creating a certain type of chord. They are made up of a number of intervals from any given MAJOR SCALE. You should Revise the INTERVALS tutorial before looking at these Spellings, and if your still unsure on what these Spellings mean, take a look at the TRIADS tutorial.

Chord type	Also written as	Chord spelling (notes needed)
Major		1, 3, 5
Minor	m, min	1, b3, 5
Diminished	dim, ^o, mb5	1, b3, b5
Diminished 7th	dim7, ^o7, dim ^{* see footnote 1}	1, b3, b5, bb7^{* see footnote 2}
Half diminished	m7b5, ^ø	1, b3, b5, b7
Augmented	aug	1, 3, #5
5th	5	1, 5
7th	7	1, 3, 5, b7
Minor 7th	m7	1, b3, 5, b7
Major 7th	maj7	1, 3, 5, 7
Minor/major 7th	m/maj7	1, b3, 5, 7
Suspended 4th	sus4	1, 4, 5
Suspended 2nd	sus2	1, 2, 5
7th suspended 4th	7sus4	1, 4, 5, b7
7th suspended 2nd	7sus2	1, 2, 5, b7
Added 2nd^{* see footnote 3}	add2	1, 2, 3, 5
Added 9th^{* see footnote 3}	add9	1, 3, 5, 9
Added 4th	add4	1, 3, 4, 5
6th	6	1, 3, 5, 6
Minor 6th	m6	1, b3, 5, 6
6/9	6/9	1, 3, 5, 6, 9
9th	9	1, 3, 5, b7, 9
Minor 9th	m9	1, b3, 5, b7, 9
Major 9th	maj9	1, 3, 5, 7, 9
11th	11	1, 3, 5, b7, 9, 11
Minor 11th	m11	1, b3, 5, b7, 9, 11
Major 11th	maj11	1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
13th	13	1, 3, 5, b7, 9, 11, 13
Minor 13th	m13	1, b3, 5, b7, 9, 11, 13
Major 13th	maj13	1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13
7th sharp 9th	7#9, 7+9	1, 3, 5, b7, #9
7th flat 9th	7b9, 7-9	1, 3, 5, b7, b9
7th sharp 5th	7#5, 7+5	1, 3, #5, b7
7th flat 5th	7b5, 7-5	1, 3, b5, b7