Acordes

PIANO

CHORD

DICTIONARY

CONTENTS

MAJOR KEYS and RELATIVE MINORS ........... 1

CHORDS

Majar, Minar, Diminished,

Augmented, Sixth Chards,

Seventh Chards, Ninth Chards,

E/eventh Chards, Thirteenth Chards ..... .

2

Through

Inside

Back

Cover

CHORD CHART and MAJOR Back

SCALE CHART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Cover

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

This Handy Guide shows the notation, fingering,

and keyboard diagrams for all the important chords

used in modern popular music. Only the most

practical position of each chord is shown. The

position given is the one that is generally best for

use in playing accompaniments with the left hand.

There are fou r pages for each letter and they are

designated Al, A2, A3, A4 for easy references.

Two Bass Notes are given for each chord. The

Fundamental, or root bass note, is given first and

is the one most frequently used with the chord.

The alternate bass note, given second, is particularly

useful in playing rhythmic accompaniments-the

left hand first plays the fundamental bass note,

followed by one or more chords; then the alternate

bass note is played, followed by one or more chords.

Note that double sharps ( x ) and double flats (bb)

are used in this book only where it is impractical

to spell the chords with simpler enharmonic

notation. (A double sharp raises a note two halfsteps.

A double flat lowers a note two half-steps.)

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HOW CHOROS

ARE FORMEO

Al! chords are formed by combining certain scale

tones according to definite rules. For example, any

major chord is formed by combining the 1 st, 3rd

and 5th tones of the Major Scale. (See Chord Chart

outside back cover under Major.) By applying this

rule to the Major Scale Chart (also on outside back

cover) you wi II see that the 1 st, 3rd and 5th tones

of the A Major Scale are A, dand E, respectively.

Thus the A Major chord consists of the notes A,

C # and E. By using these two charts any chord

contained in this book may be quickly determined.

Note that even though certain chords theoretically

contain up to six tones, in practice some of these

tones can be left out. (See Al 3 on page 4.)

Major Keys and

Relative Minors

RELATIVE KEY

MAJOR KEY MINOR KEY SIGNATURE

A' F 4'

A FU 3"

B~ G 2~

B GU 5U

C' A~ 7~

C A NO#

NO'

C! AU 7U

D~ B~ 5'

D B 2U

E~ C 3~

E CU 4U

F D 1 '

FU DU 6U

G~ E~ 6'

G E 1 U

A

rA major)

r A diminished)

r A sixth)

(A seventh)

~ ~ jt ~~

~4~A- • 5 GAM

7

(A major sevenlhJ

1 E

2 ~ ~ C#

~4~ ,A • 5 GElA

sel'enth u:ith (latted (i(thl

1 I E~

=;r=42 j~!D::!,t~ dA - • 5 G-

2

NOTES -fundamental A /alternate E

NOTES -fundamental A /alternate ED

-fundamental A /alternate E

A /alternate E

NOTES -fundamental A /alternate E

BASS

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