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The Groveland Chordwatcher's Field Guide
What exactly makes up a particular type of chord? This Field Guide can help distinguish and properly identify the
dizzying array of chord species you may encounter in the wild. All chords are represented with C as the tonic for clarity,
but the intervals define the chord type. Though there may be the occasional rare bird we missed, you are sure
to identify a very close relative!
Select a chord type using the dropdown. We deliver any information we have on file about the habitat and characteristics,
and a picture of the beast. Happy hunting...
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Chord type
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ma13
The "Major Thirteenth" chord
Description:
Like the major seven add thirteen, with the ninth present.
This is really all the notes of the major scale with the dissonant 11th degree omitted. The chord illustrates some of the reasoning behind the Lydian Chromatic Concept: If you play all the white keys on the piano within an octave from C to C, the ear tells us that the tonic is NOT C, but that the tonic is F. To remove this dissonance, the F is removed. See also the ma13(#11) chord. (Major Thirteen Augmented Eleven)
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