When I want towrite chords I
use a quick
chord
chart notation. There are lots of different ways of doing this,
so I wanted to explain how the particular system I’ve ended up using
works. Here’s an example:
|: Am AmG Am CG Am AmG FG Am :|
|: Am / AmC DE Am / G Am :|
Compare to chords written above standard musical notation:
Each letter normally represents two beats. When there’s a different
chord for each beat you write them squished together: “AmG” is two
beats, while “Am G” is four. A slash (”/”) means to stay on the
previous chord for another two beats. There’s an extra space every
eight beats and a new line every sixteen, so you can keep track of
where you are in the form. I’ll also add extra spaces to line things
up vertically to again make it clearer how it fits the form. It
works best in a monospaced font.
Here’s another example:
|: A AD A E A AD AE A :|
|: Bm / A / Bm / AE A :|
Sometimes I’ll use numbers
instead of chord names, to make it easier to think about what’s
happening musically. The previous tune would be:
Chord Notation
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When I want to write chords I use a quick chord chart notation. There are lots of different ways of doing this, so I wanted to explain how the particular system I’ve ended up using works. Here’s an example:
Compare to chords written above standard musical notation:
Each letter normally represents two beats. When there’s a different chord for each beat you write them squished together: “AmG” is two beats, while “Am G” is four. A slash (”/”) means to stay on the previous chord for another two beats. There’s an extra space every eight beats and a new line every sixteen, so you can keep track of where you are in the form. I’ll also add extra spaces to line things up vertically to again make it clearer how it fits the form. It works best in a monospaced font.
Here’s another example:
Sometimes I’ll use numbers instead of chord names, to make it easier to think about what’s happening musically. The previous tune would be:
Note that “14” is “1″ and “4” on successive beats, not the fourteenth scale degree.
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