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  2. List of chords - Wikipedia

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    List of set classes. Ninth chord. Open chord. Passing chord. Primary triad. Quartal chord. Root (chord) Seventh chord. Synthetic chord.

  3. Nashville Number System - Wikipedia

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    The Nashville Number System is a method of transcribing music by denoting the scale degree on which a chord is built. It was developed by Neal Matthews Jr. in the late 1950s as a simplified system for the Jordanaires to use in the studio and further developed by Charlie McCoy. [1] It resembles the Roman numeral [2] and figured bass systems ...

  4. Guitar chord - Wikipedia

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    Guitar chord. Ry Cooder plays slide guitar using an open tuning that allows major chords to be played by barring the strings anywhere along their length. In music, a guitar chord is a set of notes played on a guitar. A chord's notes are often played simultaneously, but they can be played sequentially in an arpeggio.

  5. Minor scale - Wikipedia

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    A natural minor scale (or Aeolian mode) is a diatonic scale that is built by starting on the sixth degree of its relative major scale. For instance, the A natural minor scale can be built by starting on the 6th degree of the C major scale: Because of this, the key of A minor is called the relative minor of C major.

  6. Regular tuning - Wikipedia

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    Regular tunings. For regular guitar-tunings, the distance between consecutive open-strings is a constant musical-interval, measured by semitones on the chromatic circle. The chromatic circle lists the twelve notes of the octave. Makes it difficult to play music written for standard tuning.

  7. G-sharp minor - Wikipedia

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    Its parallel major, G-sharp major, is usually replaced by its enharmonic equivalent of A-flat major, since G-sharp major has an F in its key signature, making it less convenient to use. A-flat minor, its enharmonic, has seven flats, whereas G-sharp minor only has five sharps; thus G-sharp minor is sometimes used as the parallel minor for A-flat ...

  8. Chord-scale system - Wikipedia

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    The chord-scale system is a method of matching, from a list of possible chords, a list of possible scales. [2] The system has been widely used since the 1970s. [3] However, the majority of older players used the chord tone/chord arpeggio method. The system is an example of the difference between the treatment of dissonance in jazz and classical ...

  9. Minor chord - Wikipedia

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    3-11 / 9-11. In music theory, a minor chord is a chord that has a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth. [ 2 ] When a chord comprises only these three notes, it is called a minor triad. For example, the minor triad built on A, called an A minor triad, has pitches A–C–E: Audio playback is not supported in your browser.