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| CHORD FUNCTION TABLE | ||||||||||||
| Find Chord Type (M, m ,+, 7 , etc), and Scale Degree (1, #1, 2, etc...) of its Root To Determine Function | ||||||||||||
| Chord Type ® Scale Degree¯ |
M | m | + | dim Triad |
M7=(MM7) | 7 =(Mm7) | Fr7 (Fr6) | m7 =(mm7) | +M7 | +m7 | ø7=(dm7) | °7=(dd7) |
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| 1 | I | i | I7 | V7/IV | i7 | |||||||
| #1 | vii°/ii | vii°7/ii | ||||||||||
| b2 | N | N7 | Gr6/I It6/I |
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| 2 | V/V | ii | ii° | V7/V | Fr7 (Fr6) | ii7 | iiø7 | |||||
| #2 | vii°/iii | vii°7/iii | ||||||||||
| b3 | III bIII |
III+ bIII+ |
III7 bIII7 |
V7/VI | III7+5 bIII7+5 |
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| 3 | V/vi | iii | vii°/IV | V7/vi | iii7 | viiø7/IV | vii°7/IV | |||||
| 4 | IV | iv | IV7 | IV7 | iv7 | __ | ||||||
| #4 | vii°/V | viiø7/V | vii°7/V | |||||||||
| 5 | V | v | V+ | vii°/VI | V7 | Fr7/I Fr6/I |
v7 | V7+5 | viiø7/VI | vii°7/VI | ||
| #5 | vii°/vi | vii°7/vi | ||||||||||
| b6 | VI bVI |
VI7 bVI7 |
Gr6, It6 V7/N |
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| 6 | V/ii | vi | vi° | V7/ii | vi7 | viø7 | vii°7/VII | |||||
| b7 | VII bVII V/III |
VII7 bVII7 V7/III |
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| 7 | __ | vii° | V7/iii | viiø7 | vii°7 | |||||||
| Top RED Row and RED Column are your guide for Chord Type and Root Scale Degree |
| Blue cells = Diatonic Functions in Major Keys only. |
| Yellow cells = Diatonic Functions in Minor Keys only (natural, harmonic or melodic). Flats appear in major keys only. These chords are diatonic in minor keys, but are chromatic in major keys. |
| Green cells = Diatonic Functions in either Major or Minor Keys (blue paint + yellow paint = green paint). |
| ==>Major Keys include Diatonic Functions in Blue and Green. Minor Keys include Diatonic Functions in Yellow and Green. |
| Purple cells = Chromatic Functions in Major Keys only. All chromatic functions are dependent upon the chord resolving logically. |
| Orange cells = Chromatic Functions in Minor Keys only. All chromatic functions are dependent upon the chord resolving logically. |
| Gray cells = Chromatic Functions in Major or Minor keys. All chromatic functions are dependent upon the chord resolving logically. |
| ==>Major Keys include Chromatic Functions in Purple and Gray. Minor Keys include Chromatic Functions in Orange and Gray. |
| Empty cells = no logical functions for particular chord types on those scale degrees. |
| Abbreviations | |
| Fr = French, It = Italian, Gr = German, N = Neopolitan | |
| M = Major triad______________________________ | m = minor triad______________________________________ |
| + = Augmented triad | dim = diminished triad |
| MM7 = Maj-Maj 7th chord | Mm7 = Major-minor 7th chord |
| mm7 = minor-minor 7th chord | +M7 = Augmented-Major 7th chord |
| +m7 = Augmented-minor 7th chord | dm7 = diminished-minor seventh chord (half-diminished or ø7) |
| dd7 = dim-dim seventh chord (fully-dim or °7) | Fr7 = Major-minor 7th chord with b5th in second inversion = Fr6) |
| Cmaj7 = C_E_G_B = MM7 chord where M = C_E_G Major triad + the M7 interval = C_B | |
| C7 = C_E_G_Bb = Mm7 chord where M = C_E_G Major triad + the m7 interval = C_Bb | |
| Cm7 = C_Eb_G_Bb = mm7 chord where m = C_Eb_G minor triad + the m7 interval = C_Bb | |
| Cø7 = Cø = Cm7b5 = C_Eb_Gb_Bb = dm7 chord where d = C_Eb_Gb dim triad + the m7 interval = C_Bb | |
| C°7= C dim7 = C_Eb_Gb_A = dd7 chord where d = C_Eb_Gb dim triad + the d7 interval = C_Bbb = C_A | |
