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3CHROMATIC CHORDS
Type
Notation
Distinguishing Features
th
Any dominant-functioning chromatic chord that leads (by falling 5
or rising halfstep root
Secondary
V/ii
movement) to a diatonic pitch. The chord on the top can be any of the following (in any
o7
7
o
o7
ø7
Chord
vii
/V
inversion): V, V
, vii
, vii
, vii
. The chord on the bottom can be any diatonic or borrowed
chord that is major or minor.
Borrowed
see borrowed
Any chromatic triad or seventh chord that is “borrowed” from the parallel minor (or the parallel
Chord
chord chart
major if the original key is minor). All notes in the chord must exist in the parallel key to qualify.
nd
Neapolitan
A major triad in first inversion with a lowered 2
scale degree as its root. This chord functions as
6
N
th
6
6
Chord
a pre-dominant chord, usually coming before a V or a I
.
4
+6
It
Augmented
Any of three specific chords which contain the interval of an augmented sixth resolving outward
+6
Fr
th
6
Chord
by half-steps in both directions to the dominant pitch. See chart.
+6
Ger
AUGMENTED 6
CHORDS
TH
BORROWED CHORDS
Example
(Mode Mixture)
Notes Present
(Key of C)
Triads – Major Key
Three pitches only. The
Diatonic
o
I
ii
iii
IV
V
vi
vii
+6
It
characteristic augmented sixth
Chord
Borrowed
interval, and the tonic pitch.
o
i
ii
III
iv
v
VI
VII
Chord
The characteristic augmented
The only triads commonly borrowed in
+6
Fr
sixth interval, the tonic pitch,
minor keys are the I and the IV
and the second scale degree.
The characteristic augmented
Seventh Chords – Major Key
sixth interval, the tonic pitch,
+6
Ger
Diatonic
and the lowered third (or the
M7
7
7
M7
7
7
ø7
I
ii
iii
IV
V
vi
vii
Chord
regular third in minor).
*The “characteristic augmented sixth interval” consists of two
7
VII
Borrowed
7
ø7
M7
7
7
M7
pitches, an augmented sixth apart, that resolve outward by
i
ii
III
iv
v
VI
o7
Chord
vii
halfsteps to the dominant pitch.
CIRCLE OF FIFTHS
SCALES
Major
Natural
Minor
Harmonic
Minor
Melodic
Minor
Pentatonic
Whole
Tone
Blues
Octatonic
(H-W)
Octatonic
(W-H)
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