Chords Categories...

[zigote]

I'm working on a chord database and was curious of how many chord categories are there?

I'm not meaning just the type of chord,
But where a chord type would be placed if it had to be placed under a category.

Here's my guess..

Major
Minor
Sus
Diminished
Augmented
7th
9th
11th
13th

[Andrew]

You could put 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th chords, as well as extended chords under 'dominant'. Major and minor 7/9/11/13ths might go under major or minor. 'Add' chords would probably go in minor or major. Youll porobably need new categories for 5 chords and 6 chords.

[zigote]

so something like this..

Major & Minor
Triads
5th
6th
7th
9th
11th
13th
Other "Add Chords"

Dominant
7th,
9th,
11th
13th
Other "Extended Chords"

Sus
All sus Chords

Diminished
All dim Chords

Augmented
All aug Chords

[Andrew]

Yeah, I think that would work

[zigote]

cool thanks..

[chrisbs]

plus all variation, major 7, minor 7, half diminished, etc

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[Munchman]

and if you get really stuck do what the rest of us do ...make some up. :)) As long as u use some form of logic when explaining it to the rest of us, we will all agree with u, not daring to run the risk of making fools of ourselves by disagreeing.

Munch

:)