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{|
|-
! Name || relative intervals || example in C
|-
| align=center colspan = 5 | -- basic chords --
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
| maj || 0 - 2 - 1.5 || C - E - G
|-
| min || 0 - 1.5 - 2 || C - E''b'' - G
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
| dim || 0 - 1.5 - 1.5 - 1.5 || C - E''b'' - G''b'' - A
|-
| aug || 0 - 2 - 2 || C - E - G#
|- style="background: #eeeeff;"
| align=center colspan = 5 | -- a few variations --
|-
| 6th || 0 - 2 - 1.5 - 1 (major+6) || C - E - G - A
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
| 7th || 0 - 2 - 1.5 - 1.5 (major+7) || C - E - G - A#
|-
| maj7th || 0 - 2 - 1.5 - 2 (major+7.5) || C - E - G - B
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
| min7th || 0 - 1.5 - 2 - 1.5 (minor+7) || C - E''b'' - G - A#
|}
* '''maj''' = major -- the most common chord-type. Sounds "open" and "happy".
* '''min''' = minor -- next most common. Sounds "sad".
* '''dim''' = diminished. Like a minor chord with the top note lowered a half-step, leaving room for a 4th note. "Spooky". Often used for transitions.
* '''aug''' = augmented. Like a major chord with the top note raised a half-step.

You can combine some of these, like "major augmented 6th" but there are conventions which sometimes come into play (e.g. "major 7th" is not a major plus a 7th, and it should be called a "major seven-and-a-halfth" but it isn't) so it's usually simpler just to give the basic chord and then describe the alterations.

Chord structures - Revision history

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