TUTORIALS - ADVANCED TRAINING

Diagrams for chords and scales


The following pages offer sets of diagrams that can be used to notate chord or scale representations in multiple contexts:

DICTIONARIES OF ACCORDS:

You have access to chord dictionaries to consult and memorize the multiple possibilities of chord positions.


Chord notations

The notations or Chord notations are diverse and often contradictory, with the symbols used having different meanings depending on the notation. A summary table of the main notations commonly found in musical literature for different types of chords is provided here, allowing for a connection to be made with the notation proposed in the method and for the definition of groups of equivalent notations.


Arpeggios

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The table below is based on the C major chord, which can easily be transposed to other degrees by changing the letter defining the chord name, its quality remaining unchanged. The chords are classified by increasing density, and at equal density, we have first major chords, then minor chords, suspended chords, and finally altered chords.

Diagrams for chords and scales


The following pages offer sets of diagrams that can be used to notate chord or scale representations in multiple contexts:


 La règle générale de la progression des accords avec le cycle des quintes.

  Les accords se déplacent de quinte  en quinte.


C  -  G  -  D  -  A  -  E  -  B  -  (F# ou Gb)  -  Db   - Ab  -  Eb  -  Bb  - F  -  C

                        C                                          G                                                D                                          A                                               E                                           B                                          (F# Gb) 

 Exemple : C  C#  D D#  E  F  F#  G  G#  A  A#  B  /  C  C#  D D#  E  F  F#  G  G#  A  A#  B  / C  C#  D D#  E  F  F#  G  G#  A  A#  B  / C  C#  D D#  E  F  F#  G  G#  A  A#  B  /

                             Db                                      Ab                                                Eb                                            Bb                                          F                                                   C

                        C  Db  D Eb E  F  Gb  G  Ab  A  A Bb  B /  C  Db  D Eb E  F  Gb  G  Ab  A  A Bb  B /  C  Db  D Eb E  F  Gb  G  Ab  A  A Bb  B /  C  Db  D Eb E  F  Gb Bb  B /