Back to Trichordo Home Page Regarding the accuracy of my charts: I made these and they have not been checked by anyone else. They are guarenteed 99% correct, however if you come accross a mistake (not a disagreement about chord naming, see below) let me know! For those of you who already know some music theory: The names of the chords in the diagrams, aside from the most standard ones, are not the typical names given to the chords in western music, but they correspond to the names used in my scale-chord combination charts. The reason for this is that I have derived their name form the closest 'full chord'. For example, a chord that is comprised of three of the notes that are found in a 9th chord will usually take its name from the 9th chord, as will any raised or flattend versions of it, that might other wise be described as (added or suspended) 2nd, 4ths, 6ths etc. Its just another way of describing things, using the same terminology though, so the names will still make sense if you know some naming conventions. Another reason I choose this approach is that in the Chord Diagrams I have included the left out notes, in the name (eg. 7th Major 7th (no3rd & 5th)) as well in the semitone explanation. ALSO, we are generally playing inverted chords on our thrichorda, so officially we should factor this into the name, but that would be overcomplicating things. So I did it my way :-) Usage Is I undertand it, the natural triads (chords that only have three notes in them to begin with) are the most used chords in most types of music (not jazz though :-)), and the rest add to your available sound canvas but are often more dissonant. Experiment with them. Back to Trichordo Home Page