What’s on the Building Chords poster
A 9-row table: Chord · Semitones · On C.
Semitones above the root. Learn the first four and the rest are variations.
- Major — 0 · 4 · 7 — C E G
- Minor — 0 · 3 · 7 — C E♭ G
- Diminished — 0 · 3 · 6 — C E♭ G♭
- Augmented — 0 · 4 · 8 — C E G♯
- Sus2 — 0 · 2 · 7 — C D G
- Sus4 — 0 · 5 · 7 — C F G
- Dominant 7 — 0 · 4 · 7 · 10 — C E G B♭
- Major 7 — 0 · 4 · 7 · 11 — C E G B
- Minor 7 — 0 · 3 · 7 · 10 — C E♭ G B♭
Major and minor differ by one semitone — the third. That single note is the whole mood.
Questions about the Building Chords poster
- What’s on the Building Chords poster?
- A 9-row table: Chord · Semitones · On C. Semitones above the root. Learn the first four and the rest are variations. Major — 0 · 4 · 7 — C E G; Minor — 0 · 3 · 7 — C E♭ G; Diminished — 0 · 3 · 6 — C E♭ G♭; Augmented — 0 · 4 · 8 — C E G♯; Sus2 — 0 · 2 · 7 — C D G; Sus4 — 0 · 5 · 7 — C F G; Dominant 7 — 0 · 4 · 7 · 10 — C E G B♭; Major 7 — 0 · 4 · 7 · 11 — C E G B; Minor 7 — 0 · 3 · 7 · 10 — C E♭ G B♭. Major and minor differ by one semitone — the third. That single note is the whole mood.
- Who is the Building Chords poster for?
- Building Chords belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning theory can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Building Chords poster?
- Name the root, count the semitones, play the notes. Chord charts become unnecessary. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Building Chords belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Building Chords?
- Borrowed Chords, Cadences and Chord Inversions sit alongside Building Chords in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Borrowed ChordsCadencesChord Inversions
- Is the Building Chords poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Building Chords downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Building Chords poster print at?
- Building Chords is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Building Chords loses nothing.Printing guide
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