jazz chord
Tension-rich sonority
A jazz chord is a chord characteristic of jazz harmony, typically featuring extensions and alterations beyond the basic triad.
Where pop and folk music might use simple major or minor chords, jazz favors sevenths, ninths, elevenths, and thirteenths, often with chromatic alterations like flatted fifths or sharped ninths: The song's jazz chords gave it a sophisticated feel.
The term sometimes appears dismissively from those who find such harmonies unnecessarily complex.
- voicingExpressing aloud
- seventhOrdinal for seven
- ninthOrdinal of nine
- tritoneSix-semitone musical interval
- compingImprovised chordal accompaniment
extended · altered · diminished · dominant · swing · bebop · progression · substitution · tension · rootless · turnaround · chromatic · lush · smoky · improvisation · piano · walking · blue
jazz chordpower chord
Root-fifth guitar voicing
minor triad · open chord · barre chord · unison · octave
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