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Budget Books Jazz Standards
Key – G major
Chords
I
G: G B D
Gmaj7: G B D F# (the major here refers to the 7th) **Sometimes major is abbreviated as a capital M
G6: G B D E
G7: G B D F
G/B: B G B D (G chord with B in the bass)
G/D: D G B D (G chord with D in the bass)
G7b5(#9): G B Db F (A#)
II
A7: A C# E G
Am7b5: A C Eb G (also known as a half-diminished chord – two minor thirds with a major third on top)
Am7: A C E G
A7: A C# E G
III
B7: B D# F# A
IV
C: C E G
Cdim7: C Eb Gb A (full diminished chord – all the notes are a minor third apart)
C6: C E G A
V
D9: D F# A (C) E **Most 9s assume that you will add the minor 7th as well.
D7: D F# A C (this is the V7 for the key of G major)
Dm7: D F A C
Dm7/G: G D F A C (Dm7 with a G in the bass)
D7sus: D G A C
VI
Em/G: G E G B (Em with G in the bass)
Em: E B D
E7b9: E G# B D F
VII
F#m7: F# A C# E
Seventh chords
Name
Dominant
Seventh
Major Seventh
Minor Seventh
Half-diminished
Seventh
Diminished
Seventh
In C
C7 (V7 of F)
Notes
C E G Bb
Description
Major triad and a minor seventh
Cmaj7
Or
CM7
Cm7
Cm7b5
Or
Cᴓ7
Cdim7
CEGB
Major Triad and a major seventh
C Eb G Bb
C Eb Gb Bb
Minor triad and a minor seventh
Diminished Triad and a minor
seventh
C Eb Gb A
Diminished Triad and a
Diminished seventh
Intervals
Intervals can be major or minor, or perfect. You can take them up or down from here by augmenting them or
diminishing them. Eg; C-G is a perfect 5th. C-Gb is a diminished 5th. C-G# is an augmented 5th. C-E is a major 3rd. C-Eb is
a minor 3rd. C-Ebb is a diminished 3rd – but this is unusual. Generally it would be called D and a major 2nd.
Interval
Unison
Minor 2nd
Major 2nd
Minor 3rd
Major 3rd
Perfect 4th
Perfect 5th
Minor 6th
Major 6th
Minor 7th
Major 7th
Perfect Octave
Notes
C-C
C-Db
C-D
C-Eb
C-E
C-F
C-G
C-Ab
C-A
C-Bb
C-B
C-C
Semitones
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2
3
4
5
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