Greybeard's Chord Construction Chart 3
 Suspended, Added and Altered Chords

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Key
Root
x
ii
x
iii
IV
xx
V
x
vi
x
vii
I
x
ix
x
iii
XI
xx
vi
x
xiii
x
x
xx
x
xx
x
x
xx
x
xx
x
xx
x
x
xx
x
xx
x
x
xx
x
xx
x
A
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
A#/Bb
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
B
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
C
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
C#/Db
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
D
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
D#/Eb
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
E
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
F
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
F#/Gb
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
G
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
G#/Ab
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
 
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
 
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Suspended 4
R
        
IV
  
V
  
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Suspended 2
R
  
ii
        
V
  
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
sus4add9
R
x
x
x
x
IV
x
V
x
x
x
x
x
x
ix
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Major
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
add2
R
x
ii
x
iii
x
x
V
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
add4
R
x
x
x
iii
IV
x
V
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
add9
R
x
x
x
iii
IV
x
V
x
x
x
x
x
x
ix
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
add11
R
x
x
x
iii
IV
x
V
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
XI
x
x
x
x
add13
R
x
x
x
iii
IV
x
V
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
xiii
Minor
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
add2
R
x
ii
iiib
x
x
x
V
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
add4
R
x
x
iiib
x
IV
x
V
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
add9
R
x
x
iiib
x
x
x
V
x
x
x
x
x
x
ix
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
add11
R
x
x
iiib
x
IV
x
V
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
XI
x
x
x
x
add13
R
x
x
iiib
x
IV
x
V
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
xiii
Dominant
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
7 Suspended 2
R
  
ii
        
V
    
viib
                    
x
7 Suspended 4
R
        
IV
  
V
    
viib
                    
x
7 dim 5 / 7b5 *
R
x
x
x
iii
x
Vb
x
x
  
viib
                    
x
7 aug 5 / 7#5 *
R
x
x
x
iii
x
x
x
V#
  
viib
                    
x
7 dim 9 / 7b9 *
R
x
x
x
iii
x
x
V
x
x
viib
    
ixb
                
7 aug 9 / 7#9 *
R
x
x
x
iii
x
x
V
x
x
viib
        
ix#
            

This page is by no means an exhaustive list of every combination - it would simply go on for ever. I have tried to give a reasonable overview, but most of these alterations to basic chord formats can be mixed and matched - you could put and "add4" on a "dominant 7"

* You can alter ii, IV, V, ix, XI, xiii. I have only shown the V & ix for brevity. You can also alter more than one at any one time (e.g. b5#9).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Graham Merry 2003