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MARION MUSIC CO.4970 StackBivd. #B-3Melbourne, FL 32901PIANO(407) 984-2470HOW CHORDSCHORDARE FORMEDDICTIONARYCONTENTSMAJOR KEYSRELATIVE MINORSandoutside back cover under Major.)CHORDSnMajor, Minor, Diminished,,InsideSeventh Chords, Ninth Chords,Eleventh Chords, Thirteenth ChordsandBackCoverMAJORBackCoverHOW TO USE THIS BOOKHandy Guide shows the notation, fingering,and keyboard diagrams for all the important chordsused in modern popular music. Only the mostThispositionpracticalposition givenisofchordeachthe one thatshown. Theisgenerally best forisuse in playing accompaniments with the left hand.There are four pages for each letter and they aredesignated Al, A2, A3, A4 for easy references.Two Bass Notes are given for each chord. TheFundamental, or root bass note, is given first andis the one most frequently used with the chord.Thealternate bass note, given second,usefulleftplaying rhythmicinhandisparticularlyaccompaniments— theplays the fundamentalfirstbass note,followed by one or more chords; then the alternatebass note is played, followed by one or more chords.Note that double sharpsx and double flats bb)book only where it is impracticalto spell the chords with simpler enharmonicnotation. (A double sharp raises a note two halfsteps. A double flat lowers a note two half-steps.)(()are used in thisAlfred Publishing Co.,»16380 RoscoeBlvd.SecondCopyright MCMXCIIAll rightsInc. ‘VanP.O. BoxNuys,0003,CA 9141 0-0003EditionPrintedinUSA.ISBN 0-88284-156-4Front1by Alfred Publishing Co.,reserved.By applyingcover photo: JordanMillerInc.thisrule to the Major Scale Chart (also on outside backcover) you will see that the 1st, 3rd and 5th tonesA Major Scale are A, Ctand E, respectively.Thus the A Major chord consists of the notes A,C# and E. By using these two charts any chordcontained in this book may be quickly determined.Note that even though certain chords theoreticallycontain up to six tones, in practice some of thesetones can be left out. (See Al 3 on page 4.)of theAugmented Sixth Chords,CHORD CHARTSCALE CHARTchords are formed by combining certain scaletones according to definite rules. For example, anymajor chord is formed by combining the 1st, 3rdand 5th tones of the Major Scale. (See Chord ChartAllMajor Keys andRelative Minors
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MARIONMUSICCO. 4970StackBivd.#B-3 Melbourne,FL32901 (407)984-2470 HOWCHORDS AREFORMED Allchordsareformedbycombiningcertainscale tonesaccordingtodefiniterules.Forexample,any majorchordisformedbycombiningthe1st,3rd and5thtonesoftheMajorScale.(SeeChordChart outsidebackcoverunderMajor.)Byapplyingthis
