List of jazz chords on Flat

Chords on Flat are composed of several elements:

  • A root note
  • A quality (Major, minor, diminished..)
  • Some optional degree modifications (adding/removing a degree, changing an alteration)
  • An optional bass note for the inversion

Root note

To input a chord on Flat, you must first enter the root note. To do so, input the letter, and then enter b if you want the root note to be flat, or # if you want the chord to be sharp. You can also input double accidentals with bb or ##.

Different roots

Dialog to input the root of a chord

Quality

Here is how you can input if the chord is Major, minor, diminished, Dominant, and so on.

Dialog to input the quality of a chord

You will find below the list of chords supported by Flat, using C as a root. We not storing just the text, but also the semantic of the chord to provide audio playback. If one chord you would like to use is missing from this list, please contact our product team and we will add it.

2 notes chords

Chord name input in Flat notes Appearance
Power Chord 5 C G C5

Triad chords

Chord name input in Flat notes Appearance
Major maj or nothing C E G C
minor m or min or - C Eb G Cm
diminished dim C Eb Gb Cdim
Augmented aug or + C E G# Caug

4 notes chords

Dominant 7 chords

Chord name input in Flat notes Appearance
Dominant 7th 7 C E G Bb C7
Major 7th maj7 C E G B Cmaj7
minor 7th m7 C Eb G Bb Cm7
minor Major 7th mmaj7 or m(maj7) C Eb G B Cmmaj7
Augmented 7th +7 C E G# B# C+7
Augmented Major 7th +maj7 C E G# A C+M7
diminished 7th dim7 C Eb Gb A Cdim7
half-diminished 7th 1/2dim7 C Eb Gb Bb Chdim7

Dominant 6 chords

Chord name input in Flat notes Appearance
Major 6th 6 C E G A C6
minor 6th m6 C Eb G A Cm6

Triads with added degrees

Chord name input in Flat notes Appearance
add 2 2 C D E G C2
minor add 2 m2 C D Eb G Cm2

5 notes chords

Dominant 9 chords

Chord name input in Flat notes Appearance
Dominant 9th 9 C E G Bb D C9
minor 9th m9 C Eb G Bb D Cm9
Major 9th maj9 C E G B D Cmaj9
Augmented 9th +9 C E G# Bb D C+9
Augmented major 9th +maj9 C E G# A D C+maj9
diminished 9th dim9 C Eb Gb A D Cdim9
half diminished 9th 1/2dim9 C Eb Gb Bb D Chdim9
minor Major 9th m(maj9) C Eb G B D Cmmaj9

Dominant 6 chords

Chord name input in Flat notes Appearance
6th/9th 69 C E G A D C6/9
minor 6th/9th m69 C Eb G A D C6/9
minor 7th/6th 7/6 C E G A Bb C7/6

6 notes chords

Dominant 11 chords

Chord name input in Flat notes Appearance
Dominant 11th 11 C E G Bb D F C11
minor 11th m11 C Eb G Bb D F Cm11
Major 11th maj11 C E G B D F Cmaj11
Augmented 11th +11 C E G# Bb D F C+11
Augmented major 11th +maj11 C E G# A D F C+maj11
diminished 11th dim11 C Eb Gb A D F Cdim11
half diminished 11th 1/2dim11 C Eb Gb Bb D F Chdim11
minor Major 11th m(maj11) C Eb G B D F Cmmaj11

7 notes chords

Dominant 13 chords

Chord name input in Flat notes Appearance
Dominant 13th 13 C E G Bb D F A C13
minor 13th m13 C Eb G Bb D F A Cm13
Major 13th maj13 C E G B D F A Cmaj13
Augmented 13th +13 C E G# Bb D F A C+13
Augmented major 13th +maj13 C E G# A D F A C+maj13
diminished 13th dim13 C Eb Gb A D F A Cdim13
half diminished 13th 1/2dim13 C Eb Gb Bb D F A Chdim13
minor Major 13th m(maj13) C Eb G B D F A Cmmaj13

Degree modifications

You can add/remove degrees, or change the alteration of degrees from the “normal” quality of the chord you chose. You can also add a suspended (like sus2 or sus4) in the chord.

Dialog to input the degrees modifications

Adding a degree

Just type the number and the alteration of the degree you want to add, separated by commas.

Example: 9,#13

Changing a degree alteration

Just type the number of the degree you want to change, with the alteration: # or b.

Example: b9#11

Removing a degree

Type no or omit, then the number of the degree you want to remove.

Example: no3, or omit9

Suspended 2nd or 4th

Type sus4, sus2 or sus24.

Suspended 2nd means that we remove the 3rd degree, and replace it with a 2nd degree.

Bass inversion

When you have a bass inversion, you can write the pitch name of the bass.

Bass inversions dialog

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