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  2. Chord substitution - Wikipedia

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    In major keys, the chords iii and vi are often substituted for the I chord, to add interest. In the key of C major, the I major 7 chord is "C, E, G, B," the iii chord ("III–7" [11]) is E minor 7 ("E, G, B, D") and the vi minor 7 chord is A minor 7 ("A, C, E, G"). Both of the tonic substitute chords use notes from the tonic chord, which means ...

  3. List of chords - Wikipedia

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    1 See also. 2 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of chords. ... List of musical chords Name Chord on C Sound # of p.c.-Forte # p.c. #s Quality Augmented ...

  4. I–V–vi–IV progression - Wikipedia

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    I–V–vi–IV chord progression in C Play ⓘ. vi–IV–I–V chord progression in C Play ⓘ. The I–V–vi–IV progression is a common chord progression popular across several genres of music. It uses the I, V, vi, and IV chords of a musical scale. For example, in the key of C major, this progression would be C–G–Am–F. [1 ...

  5. Chord progression - Wikipedia

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    These chords stand in the same relationship to one another (in the relative minor key) as do the three major chords, so that they may be viewed as the first (i), fourth (iv) and fifth (v) degrees of the relative minor key. For example, the relative minor of C major is A minor, and in the key of A minor, the i, iv and v chords are A minor, D ...

  6. Chord (music) - Wikipedia

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    Guitarist performing a C chord with G bass. In music, a chord is a group of three or more notes played simultaneously, typically consisting of a root note, a third, and a fifth. [a] Chords are the building blocks of harmony and form the harmonic foundation of a piece of music. They can be major, minor, diminished, augmented, or extended ...

  7. Chord notation - Wikipedia

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    Most commonly, power chords (e.g., C–G–C) are expressed using a "5" (e.g., C 5). Power chords are also referred to as fifth chords, indeterminate chords, or neutral chords [citation needed] (not to be confused with the quarter tone neutral chord, a stacking of two neutral thirds, e.g. C–E –G) since they are inherently neither major nor ...

  8. Borrowed chord - Wikipedia

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    In the minor mode, a common borrowed chord from the parallel major key is the Picardy third. In the major mode, the most common examples of borrowed chords are those involving the ♭, also known as the lowered sixth scale degree. These chords are shown below, in the key of C major. [8]

  9. Triad (music) - Wikipedia

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    Triads (or any other tertian chords) are built by superimposing every other note of a diatonic scale (e.g., standard major or minor scale). For example, a C major triad uses the notes C–E–G. This spells a triad by skipping over D and F. While the interval from each note to the one above it is a third, the quality of those thirds varies ...