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Quick hack for me to remember chords, scales, and modes
Chords
------------------9th|-11th|-13th
major: 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 | - 2 | - 3
minor: 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 | - 2 | - 3
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sus2: 1 - 4 (remove 3rd, add 9th transposed down)
sus4: 4 - 1 (remove 3rd, add 11th transposed down)
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dim: 2 - 2 - 2
dom: 3 - 2 - 2
Scales
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major: 1 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 0
minor: 1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 0
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major : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
dorian: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7
phrygian: 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
lydian: 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7
mixolydian: 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7
minor: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
locrian: 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
obs: That representation of chords refers to spaces between the notes
for example a major triad is: root note, 3 spaces, note, 2 spaces, note, like so:
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| |_| |_| | |_| |_| |_| |
|XXX| |XXX| |XXX| | |
|XXX| |XXX| |XXX| | |
|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
therefore this would be 3 - 2 on that chord representation
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