Chord (music) - Extended Chords

Extended Chords

Main article: Extended chord
See also Jazz and pop notation for extended chords

Extended chords are triads with further tertian notes added beyond the seventh; the ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords. After the thirteenth any notes added in thirds will duplicate notes elsewhere in the chord: all seven notes of the scale are present in the chord and further added notes will not give new pitch classes. Such chords may be constructed only by using notes that lie outside the diatonic seven-note scale (See #Altered chords below).

Components (chord and intervals) Chord symbol Audio
Dominant ninth dominant seventh chord major ninth - - C9 Play
Dominant eleventh dominant seventh chord
major ninth perfect eleventh - C11 Play
Dominant thirteenth dominant seventh chord major ninth perfect eleventh
major thirteenth C13 Play

Other extended chords follow similar rules, so that for example maj9, maj11, and maj13 contain major seventh chords rather than dominant seventh chords, while min9, min11, and min13 contain minor seventh chords.

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