Staff Chord Identification

Chord Sight Reading 4

The A Major chord shown above contains the notes A, C#, and E.  Amaj9 is made up of A, C#, E, G#, and B.

The A Major chord shown above contains the notes A, C#, and E.  Amaj7 is made up of A, C#, E, and G#.

The A Major chord shown above contains the notes A, C#, and E.  Aadd4 is made up of A, C#, D, and E.

Sight Reading

Chords

A Major

The Cmaj7 chord shown above contains the notes C, E, G, and B.  Cmaj9 is made up of C, E, G, B, and D.

The Cmaj7 chord shown above contains the notes C, E, G, and B.  C Major is made up of C, E, and G.

The Cmaj7 chord shown above contains the notes C, E, G, and B.  Cadd9 is made up of C, D, E, and G.

Cmaj7

The C#min11 chord shown above contains the notes C#, D#, E, F#, and B.  This shape does omit the 5th (G#) which is common.  C#min9 is made up of C#, D#, E, G#, and B.  C#min9 does not contain an F# (11th) note.

The C#min11 chord shown above contains the notes C#, D#, E, F#, and B.  This shape does omit the 5th (G#) which is common.  C#min7 is made up of C#, E, G#, and B.  C#min7 does not contain a D# (9th) note or an F# (11th) note.

The C#min11 chord shown above contains the notes C#, D#, E, F#, and B.  This shape does omit the 5th (G#) which is common.  C#9 is made up of C#, D#, E#, G#, and B.  C#9 does not contain an F# (11th) note and has an E# (3rd) instead of an E (b3rd).

C#min11

The Am(maj7) chord shown above contains the notes A, C, E, and G#.  Amin7 is made up of A, C, E, and G.

The Am(maj7) chord shown above contains the notes A, C, E, and G#.  A7 is made up of A, C#, E, and G.

The Am(maj7) chord shown above contains the notes A, C, E, and G#.  Amaj7 is made up of A, C#, E, and G#.

Am(maj7)

The Cmin7b5 chord shown above contains the notes C, Eb, Gb, Bb.  Cmin7 is made up of C, Eb, G, and Bb.

The Cmin7b5 chord shown above contains the notes C, Eb, Gb, Bb.  Cdim7 is made up of C, Eb, Gb, and A.

The Cmin7b5 chord shown above contains the notes C, Eb, Gb, Bb.  Cmin6 is made up of C, Eb, G, and A.

Cmin7b5

The G#min7 chord shown above contains the notes G#, B, and F#.  This shape does omit the 5th (D#) which is common.  G#min9 is made up of G#, A#, B, D#, and F#.  The shape above does not contain a 9th (A#).

The G#min7 chord shown above contains the notes G#, B, and F#.  This shape does omit the 5th (D#) which is common.  G#min11 is made up of G#, A#, B, C#, D#, and F#.  The shape above does not contain a 9th (A#) or 11th (C#).

The G#min7 chord shown above contains the notes G#, B, and F#.  This shape does omit the 5th (D#) which is common.  G#dim7 is made up of G#, B, D, and F.

Chords Quiz

Chord Sight Reading 4