How do you form your Chords?
Posted: 21 Jul 2018 10:12
1.
Here's a 'computerised' Chord Chart that will show you which notes make up a particular chord. Click on this picture-link below.
Do a right-click and choose Save link as.. to download the Chart onto eg. your Desktop. Once downloaded to your Desktop, double-click on the icon on your Desktop to run it (you may have to over-ride security and get "More information", then "Run it anyway" the first time you do it).
When you run the program, this is what you see:
Choose a 'Root' note from the left hand column eg. C. You can switch between flats and sharps being displayed by clicking the appropriate symbol just above, in Accidentals, b or #). In the second column choose the actual chord you want to see set up eg. C7. The notes you need to play for that chord show up on the piano.
You can also switch between Inversions by switching 'Inversions' at the top. In the below I have set it to go to the right, so you get this:
2.
And below is an 'on-line' Chord Chart that AndyG has put up elsewhere in this Forum. Click on the 'picture-link' to go there.
Do a right-click to open the page up in a New Tab
3.
And here below is a YouTube video with an analysis of how chords are formed.
In this video he makes a very interesting comment about C+9. It is often misquoted as C9, which is not the same chord at all!
C+9 can also be written as C+2.
Hugh
Here's a 'computerised' Chord Chart that will show you which notes make up a particular chord. Click on this picture-link below.
Do a right-click and choose Save link as.. to download the Chart onto eg. your Desktop. Once downloaded to your Desktop, double-click on the icon on your Desktop to run it (you may have to over-ride security and get "More information", then "Run it anyway" the first time you do it).
When you run the program, this is what you see:
Choose a 'Root' note from the left hand column eg. C. You can switch between flats and sharps being displayed by clicking the appropriate symbol just above, in Accidentals, b or #). In the second column choose the actual chord you want to see set up eg. C7. The notes you need to play for that chord show up on the piano.
You can also switch between Inversions by switching 'Inversions' at the top. In the below I have set it to go to the right, so you get this:
2.
And below is an 'on-line' Chord Chart that AndyG has put up elsewhere in this Forum. Click on the 'picture-link' to go there.
Do a right-click to open the page up in a New Tab
3.
And here below is a YouTube video with an analysis of how chords are formed.
In this video he makes a very interesting comment about C+9. It is often misquoted as C9, which is not the same chord at all!
C+9 can also be written as C+2.
Hugh