Examples
The table shows the application of these generic and specific rules to interpret some of the main chord symbols. The same rules apply for the analysis of chord names. A limited amount of information is explicitly provided in the chord symbol (boldface font in the column labeled "Component intervals"), and can be interpreted with rule 1. The rest is implied (plain font), and can be deduced by applying the other rules. The "Analysis of symbol parts" is performed by applying rule 1.
| Chord Symbol | Analysis of symbol parts | Component intervals | Notes | Chord name | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short | Long | Root | Third | Fifth | Added | Third | Fifth | Added | ||
| C | C | maj3 | perf5 | C-E-G | Major triad | |||||
| CM | Cmaj | C | maj | maj3 | perf5 | C-E-G | ||||
| Cm | Cmin | C | min | min3 | perf5 | C-E♭-G | Minor triad | |||
| C+ | Caug | C | aug | maj3 | aug5 | C-E-G♯ | Augmented triad | |||
| Co | Cdim | C | dim | min3 | dim5 | C-E♭-G♭ | Diminished triad | |||
| C6 | C | 6 | maj3 | perf5 | maj6 | C-E-G-A | Major sixth chord | |||
| CM6 | Cmaj6 | C | maj | 6 | maj3 | perf5 | maj6 | |||
| Cm6 | Cmin6 | C | min | 6 | min3 | perf5 | maj6 | C-E♭-G-A | Minor sixth chord | |
| C7 | Cdom7 | C | 7 | maj3 | perf5 | min7 | C-E-G-B♭ | Dominant seventh chord | ||
| CM7 | Cmaj7 | C | maj | 7 | maj3 | perf5 | maj7 | C-E-G-B | Major seventh chord | |
| Cm7 | Cmin7 | C | min | 7 | min3 | perf5 | min7 | C-E♭-G-B♭ | Minor seventh chord | |
| C+7 | Caug7 | C | aug | 7 | maj3 | aug5 | min7 | C-E-G♯-B♭ | Augmented seventh chord | |
| Co7 | Cdim7 | C | dim | 7 | min3 | dim5 | dim7 | C-E♭-G♭-B | Diminished seventh chord | |
| Cø | C | dim | min3 | dim5 | min7 | C-E♭-G♭-B♭ | Half-diminished seventh chord | |||
| Cø7 | C | dim | 7 | min3 | dim5 | min7 | ||||
| CmM7 Cm/M7 Cm(M7) Cm(maj7) |
Cminmaj7 Cmin/maj7 Cmin(maj7) |
C | min | maj7 | min3 | perf5 | maj7 | C-E♭-G-B | Minor-major seventh chord | |
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