New Piano Chord Finder - variation

This is a variation on the piano chord finder I did last week. It's still a little clunky, but I'm excited because I was able to use lots of different programming techniques on it. This piano chord finder uses PHP, javascript, Actionscript and XML!

New Piano Chord Finder (3/11/09)

The huge list is output to PHP from XML using SimpleXML, then a code representing the XML dom is passed to a javascript function, which uses the "swfobject.js" to reload the flash with the variable passed from javascript.

It would have been much easier to do this all in Flash, and it probably would have looked better, but it was a fun challenge for me to see if I could use all three PHP, javascript and actionscript -- plus XML!

Words that can be spelled with the musical alphabet

Source= Hasbro's Scrabble Dictionary

Results for abcdefg

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AB

an abdominal muscle

ABED

in bed

ACE

to score a point against in a single stroke

AD

an advertisement

AE

one

AG

agriculture

AGE

to grow old

BA

the eternal soul, in Egyptian mythology

BAD

very good

BAD

not good

BAD

something that is bad

BADE

past tense of bid

BADGE

to supply with an insignia

BAG

to put into a bag (a flexible container)

BE

to have actuality

BEAD

to adorn with beads (round pieces of glass)

BED

to provide with a bed (a piece of furniture used for sleeping)

BEG

to plead

CAB

to take or drive a taxicab

CAD

an ungentlemanly man

CADE

a European shrub

CADGE

to get by begging

CAFE

a small restaurant

CAGE

to confine

DAB

to touch lightly

DACE

a freshwater fish

DAG

a hanging end or shred

DE

of; from --used in names

DEAF

lacking the sense of hearing

DEB

a debutante

DEBAG

to remove the pants from someone

DECAF

decaffeinated coffee

DEF

excellent

ED

education

EF

the letter F

EGAD

--used as a mild oath

FA

the fourth tone of the diatonic musical scale

FAB

something created or constructed

FAB

fabulous

FACE

to oppose or meet defiantly -- FACEABLE

FAD

a practice or interest that enjoys brief popularity

FADE

to lose color or brightness -- FADEDLY

FADGE

to succeed

FAG

to make weary by hard work

FE

a Hebrew letter

FED

a federal agent

GAB

to chatter

GAD

to roam about restlessly

GAE

to go

GED

a food fish

50 words found.

New Piano Chord Finder chord types:

The Types of Chords included in the New piano chord finder

Major Chord: Root, 3rd, 5th

Major Chord (without 5th): Root, 3rd

Power Chord: Root, 5th

Suspended Chord (suspended 5th) piano chord: Root, 4th, 5th

suspended 2nd Chord: Root, 2nd, 5th

Six Chord: Root, 3rd, Maj 6th

Six Chord (with 5th): Root, 3rd, 5th, Maj 6th

Major Seventh Chord piano chord: Root, 3rd, Maj 7th

Major Seventh Chord (with 5th): Root, 3rd, 5th, Maj 7th

Dominant Chord: Root, 3rd, Min 7th

Dominant Chord (with 5th): Root, 3rd, 5th, Min 7th

Seven Flat Five piano chord: Root, 3rd, b 5th, Min 7th

Seven Sharp Five: Root, 3rd, # 5th, Min 7th

Ninth Chord: Root, 3rd, Min 7th, 9th

7 Flat Nine: Root, 3rd, Min 7th, b 9th

7 Sharp Nine: Root, 3rd, Min 7th, # 9th

Thirteen Chord: Root, 7th, 3rd, 6th

Augmented piano chord: Root, 3rd, # 5th

7 Sharp Five: Root, 3rd, # 5th, Min 7th

Minor piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, 5th

Minor 6th piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, Maj 6th

Minor 6th (with 5th) piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, 5th, Maj 6th

Minor 7th piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, Min 7th

Minor 7th (with 5th) piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, 5th, Min 7th

Minor 7 Flat Five piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, b 5th, Min 7th

Minor 7 Sharp Five piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, # 5th, Min 7th

Minor Nine piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, Min 7th, 9th

Minor 7 Flat Nine piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, Min 7th, b 9th

Minor 7 Sharp Nine piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, 5th, Maj 7th

Diminished piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, b 5th

Diminished 7th piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, Maj 6th

Diminished 7th (With Flat 5th) piano chord: Root, Min 3rd, b 5th, Maj 6th

Piano Chord Finder improved

I've updated my latest piano chord finder to include 544 piano chords! This doesn't include different voicings, which would take the number up to about 3,000!

Here's the list of 544 piano chords that are included:

C Chords Piano Chords:

C piano chord: C4, E4, G4

C (without 5th) piano chord: C4, E4

C5 piano chord: C4, G4

Csus piano chord: C4, F4, G4

Csus2 piano chord: C4, D4, G4

C6 piano chord: C4, E4, A4

C6 (with 5th) piano chord: C4, E4, G4, A4

CM7 piano chord: C4, E4, B4

CM7 (with 5th) piano chord: C4, E4, G4, B4

C7 piano chord: C4, E4, Bb4

C7 (with 5th) piano chord: C4, E4, G4, Bb4

C7b5 piano chord: C4, E4, Gb4, Bb4

C7#5 piano chord: C4, E4, G#4, Bb4

C9 piano chord: C4, E4, Bb4, D5

C7b9 piano chord: C4, E4, Bb4, Db5

C7#9 piano chord: C4, E4, Bb4, Eb5

C13 piano chord: C3, Bb3, E4, A4

C+ piano chord: C4, E4, G#4

C7#5 piano chord: C4, E4, G#4, Bb4

Cm piano chord: C4, Eb4, G4

Cm6 piano chord: C4, Eb4, A4

Cm6 (with 5th) piano chord: C4, Eb4, G4, A4

Cm7 piano chord: C4, Eb4, Bb4

Cm7 (with 5th) piano chord: C4, Eb4, G4, Bb4

Cm7b5 piano chord: C4, Eb4, Gb4, Bb4

Cm7#5 piano chord: C4, Eb4, G#4, Bb4

Cm9 piano chord: C4, Eb4, Bb4, D5

Cm7b9 piano chord: C4, Eb4, Bb4, Db5

Cm#7 piano chord: C4, Eb4, G4, B4

Cdim piano chord: C4, Eb4, Gb4

Cdim7 piano chord: C4, Eb4, A4

Cdim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: C4, Eb4, Gb4, A4

C# Chords Piano Chords:

C# piano chord: C#4, E#4, G#4

C# (without 5th) piano chord: C#4, E#4

C#5 piano chord: C#4, G#4

C#sus piano chord: C#4, F#4, G#4

C#sus2 piano chord: C#4, D#4, G#4

C#6 piano chord: C#4, E#4, A#4

C#6 (with 5th) piano chord: C#4, E#4, G#4, A#4

C#M7 piano chord: C#4, E#4, B#4

C#M7 (with 5th) piano chord: C#4, E#4, G#4, B#4

C#7 piano chord: C#4, E#4, B4

C#7 (with 5th) piano chord: C#4, E#4, G#4, B4

C#7b5 piano chord: C#4, E#4, G4, B4

C#7#5 piano chord: C#4, E#4, A4, B4

C#9 piano chord: C#4, E#4, B4, D#5

C#7b9 piano chord: C#4, E#4, B4, D5

C#7#9 piano chord: C#4, E#4, B4, E5

C#13 piano chord: C#3, B3, E#4, A#4

C#+ piano chord: C#4, E#4, A4

C#7#5 piano chord: C#4, E#4, A4, B4

C#m piano chord: C#4, E4, G#4

C#m6 piano chord: C#4, E4, A#4

C#m6 (with 5th) piano chord: C#4, E4, G#4, A#4

C#m7 piano chord: C#4, E4, B4

C#m7 (with 5th) piano chord: C#4, E4, G#4, B4

C#m7b5 piano chord: C#4, E4, G4, B4

C#m7#5 piano chord: C#4, E4, A4, B4

C#m9 piano chord: C#4, E4, B4, D#5

C#m7b9 piano chord: C#4, E4, B4, D5

C#m#7 piano chord: C#4, E4, G#4, B#4

C#dim piano chord: C#4, E4, G4

C#dim7 piano chord: C#4, E4, A#4

C#dim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: C#4, E4, G4, Bb4

Db Chords Piano Chords:

Db piano chord: Db4, F4, Ab4

Db (without 5th) piano chord: Db4, F4

Db5 piano chord: Db4, Ab4

Dbsus piano chord: Db4, Gb4, Ab4

Dbsus2 piano chord: Db4, Eb4, Ab4

Db6 piano chord: Db4, F4, Bb4

Db6 (with 5th) piano chord: Db4, F4, Ab4, Bb4

DbM7 piano chord: Db4, F4, C5

DbM7 (with 5th) piano chord: Db4, F4, Ab4, C5

Db7 piano chord: Db4, F4, Cb5

Db7 (with 5th) piano chord: Db4, F4, Ab4, Cb5

Db7b5 piano chord: Db4, F4, G4, Cb5

Db7#5 piano chord: Db4, F4, A4, Cb5

Db9 piano chord: Db4, F4, Cb5, Eb5

Db7b9 piano chord: Db4, F4, Cb5, D5

Db7#9 piano chord: Db4, F4, Cb5, Fb5

Db13 piano chord: Db3, Cb3, F4, Bb4

Db+ piano chord: Db4, F4, A4

Db7#5 piano chord: Db4, F4, A4, Cb5

Dbm piano chord: Db4, Fb4, Ab4

Dbm6 piano chord: Db4, Fb4, Bb4

Dbm6 (with 5th) piano chord: Db4, Fb4, Ab4, Bb4

Dbm7 piano chord: Db4, Fb4, Cb5

Dbm7 (with 5th) piano chord: Db4, Fb4, Ab4, Cb5

Dbm7b5 piano chord: Db4, Fb4, G4, Cb5

Dbm7#5 piano chord: Db4, Fb4, A4, Cb5

Dbm9 piano chord: Db4, Fb4, Cb5, Eb5

Dbm7b9 piano chord: Db4, Fb4, Cb5, D5

Dbm#7 piano chord: Db4, Fb4, Ab4, C5

Dbdim piano chord: Db4, Fb4, G4

Dbdim7 piano chord: Db4, Fb4, Bb4

Dbdim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: Db4, Fb4, G4, Bb4

D Chords Piano Chords:

D piano chord: D4, F#4, A4

D (without 5th) piano chord: D4, F#4

D5 piano chord: D4, A4

Dsus piano chord: D4, G4, A4

Dsus2 piano chord: D4, E4, A4

D6 piano chord: D4, F#4, B4

D6 (with 5th) piano chord: D4, F#4, A4, B4

DM7 piano chord: D4, F#4, C#5

DM7 (with 5th) piano chord: D4, F#4, A4, C#5

D7 piano chord: D4, F#4, C5

D7 (with 5th) piano chord: D4, F#4, A4, C5

D7b5 piano chord: D4, F#4, Ab4, C5

D7#5 piano chord: D4, F#4, Bb4, C5

D9 piano chord: D4, F#4, C5, E5

D7b9 piano chord: D4, F#4, C5, Eb5

D7#9 piano chord: D4, F#4, C5, F5

D13 piano chord: D3, C4, F#4, B4

D+ piano chord: D4, F#4, A#4

D7#5 piano chord: D4, F#4, A#4, C5

Dm piano chord: D4, F4, A4

Dm6 piano chord: D4, F4, B4

Dm6 (with 5th) piano chord: D4, F4, A4, B4

Dm7 piano chord: D4, F4, C5

Dm7 (with 5th) piano chord: D4, F4, A4, C5

Dm7b5 piano chord: D4, F4, Ab4, C5

Dm7#5 piano chord: D4, F4, Bb4, C5

Dm9 piano chord: D4, F4, C5, E5

Dm7b9 piano chord: D4, F4, C5, Eb5

Dm#7 piano chord: D4, F4, A5, C#4

Ddim piano chord: D4, F4, Ab4

Ddim7 piano chord: D4, F4, B4

Ddim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: D4, F4, Ab4, B4

D# Chords Piano Chords:

D# piano chord: D#4, FX4, A#4

D# (without 5th) piano chord: D#4, FX4

D#5 piano chord: D#4, A#4

D#sus piano chord: D#4, G#4, A#4

D#sus2 piano chord: D#4, E#4, A#4

D#6 piano chord: D#4, FX4, B#4

D#6 (with 5th) piano chord: D#4, FX4, A#4, B#4

D#M7 piano chord: D#4, FX4, CX5

D#M7 (with 5th) piano chord: D#4, FX4, A#4, CX5

D#7 piano chord: D#4, FX4, C#5

D#7 (with 5th) piano chord: D#4, FX4, A#4, C#5

D#7b5 piano chord: D#4, FX4, A4, C#5

D#7#5 piano chord: D#4, FX4, B4, C#5

D#9 piano chord: D#4, FX4, C#5, E#5

D#7b9 piano chord: D#4, FX4, C#5, E5

D#7#9 piano chord: D#4, FX4, C#5, F#5

D#13 piano chord: D#3, C#4, FX4, B#4

D#+ piano chord: D#4, FX4, B4

D#7#5 piano chord: D#4, FX4, B4, C#5

D#m piano chord: D#4, F#4, A#4

D#m6 piano chord: D#4, F#4, B#4

D#m6 (with 5th) piano chord: D#4, F#4, A#4, B#4

D#m7 piano chord: D#4, F#4, C#5

D#m7 (with 5th) piano chord: D#4, F#4, A#4, C#5

D#m7b5 piano chord: D#4, F#4, A4, C#5

D#m7#5 piano chord: D#4, F#4, B4, C#5

D#m9 piano chord: D#4, F#4, C#5, E#5

D#m7b9 piano chord: D#4, F#4, C#5, E5

D#m#7 piano chord: D#4, F#4, A#4, CX5

D#dim piano chord: D#4, F#4, A4

D#dim7 piano chord: D#4, F#4, B#4

D#dim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: D#4, F#4, A4, B#4

Eb Chords Piano Chords:

Eb piano chord: Eb4, G4, Bb4

Eb (without 5th) piano chord: Eb4, G4

Eb5 piano chord: Eb4, Bb4

Ebsus piano chord: Eb4, Ab4, Bb4

Ebsus2 piano chord: Eb4, F4, Bb4

Eb6 piano chord: Eb4, G4, C5

Eb6 (with 5th) piano chord: Eb4, G4, Bb4, C5

EbM7 piano chord: Eb4, G4, D5

EbM7 (with 5th) piano chord: Eb4, G4, Bb4, D5

Eb7 piano chord: Eb4, G4, Db5

Eb7 (with 5th) piano chord: Eb4, G4, Bb4, Db5

Eb7b5 piano chord: Eb4, G4, A4, Db5

Eb7#5 piano chord: Eb4, G4, B4, Db5

Eb9 piano chord: Eb4, G4, Db5, F5

Eb7b9 piano chord: Eb4, G4, Db5, E5

Eb7#9 piano chord: Eb4, G4, Db5, Gb5

Eb13 piano chord: Eb3, Db4, G4, C4

Eb+ piano chord: Eb4, G4, B4

Eb7#5 piano chord: Eb4, G4, B4, Db5

Ebm piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, Bb4

Ebm6 piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, C5

Ebm6 (with 5th) piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, Bb4, C5

Ebm7 piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, Db5

Ebm7 (with 5th) piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, Bb4, Db5

Ebm7b5 piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, A4, Db5

Ebm7#5 piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, B4, Db5

Ebm9 piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, Db5, F5

Ebm7b9 piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, Db5, E5

Ebm#7 piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, Bb4, D5

Ebdim piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, A4

Ebdim7 piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, C5

Ebdim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: Eb4, Gb4, A4, C5

E Chords Piano Chords:

E piano chord: E4, G#4, B4

E (without 5th) piano chord: E4, G#4

E5 piano chord: E4, B4

Esus piano chord: E4, A4, B4

Esus2 piano chord: E4, F#4, B4

E6 piano chord: E4, G#4, C#5

E6 (with 5th) piano chord: E4, G#4, B4, C#5

EM7 piano chord: E4, G#4, D#5

EM7 (with 5th) piano chord: E4, G#4, B4, D#5

E7 piano chord: E4, G#4, D5

E7 (with 5th) piano chord: E4, G#4, B4, D5

E7b5 piano chord: E4, G#4, Bb4, D5

E7#5 piano chord: E4, G#4, C5, D5

E9 piano chord: E4, G#4, D5, F#5

E7b9 piano chord: E4, G#4, D5, 5

E7#9 piano chord: E4, G#4, D5, G5

E13 piano chord: E3, D4, G#4, C#5

E+ piano chord: E4, G#4, B#4

E7#5 piano chord: E4, G#4, B#4, D4

Em piano chord: E4, G4, B4

Em6 piano chord: E4, G4, C#5

Em6 (with 5th) piano chord: E4, G4, B4, C#4

Em7 piano chord: E4, G4, D5

Em7 (with 5th) piano chord: E4, G4, B4, D5

Em7b5 piano chord: E4, G4, Bb4, D5

Em7#5 piano chord: E4, G4, B#4, D5

Em9 piano chord: E4, G4, D5, F#5

Em7b9 piano chord: E4, G4, D5, F5

Em#7 piano chord: E4, G4, B4, D#5

Edim piano chord: E4, G4, Bb4

Edim7 piano chord: E4, G4, C#5

Edim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: E4, G4, Bb4, C#5

F Chords Piano Chords:

F piano chord: F3, A3, C4

F (without 5th) piano chord: F3, A3

F5 piano chord: F3, C4

Fsus piano chord: F3, Bb3, C4

Fsus2 piano chord: F3, G3, C4

F6 piano chord: F3, A3, D4

F6 (with 5th) piano chord: F3, A3, C4, D4

FM7 piano chord: F3, A3, E4

FM7 (with 5th) piano chord: F3, A3, C4, E4

F7 piano chord: F3, A3, Eb4

F7 (with 5th) piano chord: F3, A3, C4, Eb4

F7b5 piano chord: F3, A3, B3, Eb4

F7#5 piano chord: F3, A3, Db4, Eb4

F9 piano chord: F3, A3, Eb4, G4

F7b9 piano chord: F3, A3, Eb4, Gb4

F7#9 piano chord: F3, A3, Eb4, Ab4

F13 piano chord: F3, Eb4, A4, D5

F+ piano chord: F3, A3, C#4

F7#5 piano chord: F3, A3, C#4, Eb4

Fm piano chord: F3, Ab3, C4

Fm6 piano chord: F3, Ab3, D4

Fm6 (with 5th) piano chord: F3, Ab3, C4, D4

Fm7 piano chord: F3, Ab3, Eb4

Fm7 (with 5th) piano chord: F3, Ab3, C4, Eb4

Fm7b5 piano chord: F3, Ab3, B3, Eb4

Fm7#5 piano chord: F3, Ab3, C#4, Eb4

Fm9 piano chord: F3, Ab3, Eb4, G4

Fm7b9 piano chord: F3, Ab3, Eb4, Gb4

Fm#7 piano chord: F3, Ab3, C4, E4

Fdim piano chord: F3, Ab3, B3

Fdim7 piano chord: F3, Ab3, D4

Fdim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: F3, Ab3, Cb4, D4

F# Chords Piano Chords:

F# piano chord: F#3, A#3, C#4

F# (without 5th) piano chord: F#3, A#3

F#5 piano chord: F#3, C#4

F#sus piano chord: F#3, B3, C#4

F#sus2 piano chord: F#3, G#3, C#4

F#6 piano chord: F#3, A#3, D#4

F#6 (with 5th) piano chord: F#3, A#3, C#4, D#4

F#M7 piano chord: F#3, A#3, E#4

F#M7 (with 5th) piano chord: F#3, A#3, C#4, E#4

F#7 piano chord: F#3, A#3, E4

F#7 (with 5th) piano chord: F#3, A#3, C#4, E4

F#7b5 piano chord: F#3, A#3, C4, E4

F#7#5 piano chord: F#3, A#3, D4, E4

F#9 piano chord: F#3, A#3, E4, G#4

F#7b9 piano chord: F#3, A#3, E4, G4

F#7#9 piano chord: F#3, A#3, E4, A4

F#13 piano chord: F#3, E4, A#4, D#5

F#+ piano chord: F#3, A#3, D4

F#7#5 piano chord: F#3, A#3, D4, E4

F#m piano chord: F#3, A3, C#4

F#m6 piano chord: F#3, A3, D#4

F#m6 (with 5th) piano chord: F#3, A3, C#4, D#4

F#m7 piano chord: F#3, A3, E4

F#m7 (with 5th) piano chord: F#3, A3, C#4, E4

F#m7b5 piano chord: F#3, A3, C4, E4

F#m7#5 piano chord: F#3, A3, D4, E4

F#m9 piano chord: F#3, A3, E4, G#4

F#m7b9 piano chord: F#3, A3, E4, G4

F#m#7 piano chord: F#3, A3, C#4, E#4

F#dim piano chord: F#3, A3, C4

F#dim7 piano chord: F#3, A3, Eb4

F#dim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: F#3, A3, C4, Eb4

Gb Chords Piano Chords:

Gb piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, Db4

Gb (without 5th) piano chord: Gb3, Bb3

Gb5 piano chord: Gb3, Db4

Gbsus piano chord: Gb3, B3, Db4

Gbsus2 piano chord: Gb3, Ab3, Db4

Gb6 piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, Eb4

Gb6 (with 5th) piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, Db4, Eb4

GbM7 piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, F4

GbM7 (with 5th) piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, Db4, F4

Gb7 piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, Fb4

Gb7 (with 5th) piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, Db4, Fb4

Gb7b5 piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, C4, Fb4

Gb7#5 piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, D4, Fb4

Gb9 piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, Fb4, Ab4

Gb7b9 piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, Fb4, G4

Gb7#9 piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, Fb4, A4

Gb13 piano chord: Gb2, Fb3, Bb3, Eb4

Gb+ piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, D4

Gb7#5 piano chord: Gb3, Bb3, D4, Fb4

Gbm piano chord: Gb3, A3, Db4

Gbm6 piano chord: Gb3, A3, Eb4

Gbm6 (with 5th) piano chord: Gb3, A3, Db4, Eb4

Gbm7 piano chord: Gb3, A3, Fb4

Gbm7 (with 5th) piano chord: Gb3, A3, Db4, Fb4

Gbm7b5 piano chord: Gb3, A3, C4, Fb4

Gbm7#5 piano chord: Gb3, A3, D4, Fb4

Gbm9 piano chord: Gb3, A3, Fb4, Ab4

Gbm7b9 piano chord: Gb3, A3, Fb4, G4

Gbm#7 piano chord: Gb3, A3, Db4, F4

Gbdim piano chord: Gb3, A3, C4

Gbdim7 piano chord: Gb3, A3, Eb4

Gbdim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: Gb3, A3, C4, Eb4

G Chords Piano Chords:

G piano chord: G3, B3, D4

G (without 5th) piano chord: G3, B3

G5 piano chord: G3, D4

Gsus piano chord: G3, C4, D4

Gsus2 piano chord: G3, A4, D4

G6 piano chord: G3, B3, E4

G6 (with 5th) piano chord: G3, B3, D4, E4

GM7 piano chord: G3, B3, F#4

GM7 (with 5th) piano chord: G3, B3, D4, F#4

G7 piano chord: G3, B3, F4

G7 (with 5th) piano chord: G3, B3, D4, F4

G7b5 piano chord: G3, B3, Db4, F4

G7#5 piano chord: G3, B3, D#4, F4

G9 piano chord: G3, B3, F4, A4

G7b9 piano chord: G3, B3, F4, Ab4

G7#9 piano chord: G3, B3, F4, Bb4

G13 piano chord: G2, F3, B3, E4

G+ piano chord: G3, B3, D#4

G7#5 piano chord: G3, B3, D#4, F4

Gm piano chord: G3, Bb3, D4

Gm6 piano chord: G3, Bb3, E4

Gm6 (with 5th) piano chord: G3, Bb3, D4, E4

Gm7 piano chord: G3, Bb3, F4

Gm7 (with 5th) piano chord: G3, Bb3, D4, F4

Gm7b5 piano chord: G3, Bb3, Db4, F4

Gm7#5 piano chord: G3, Bb3, D#4, F4

Gm9 piano chord: G3, Bb3, F4, A4

Gm7b9 piano chord: G3, Bb3, F4, Ab4

Gm#7 piano chord: G3, Bb3, D4, F#4

Gdim piano chord: G3, Bb3, Db4

Gdim7 piano chord: G3, Bb3, E4

Gdim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: G3, Bb3, E4, G4

G# Chords Piano Chords:

G# piano chord: G#3, B#3, D#4

G# (without 5th) piano chord: G#3, B#3

G#5 piano chord: G#3, D#4

G#sus piano chord: G#3, C#4, D#4

G#sus2 piano chord: G#3, A#3, D#4

G#6 piano chord: G#3, B#3, E#4

G#6 (with 5th) piano chord: G#3, B#3, D#4, E#4

G#M7 piano chord: G#3, B#3, FX4

G#M7 (with 5th) piano chord: G#3, B#3, D#4, FX4

G#7 piano chord: G#3, B#3, F#4

G#7 (with 5th) piano chord: G#3, B#3, D#4, F#4

G#7b5 piano chord: G#3, B#3, D4, F#4

G#7#5 piano chord: G#3, B#3, E4, F#4

G#9 piano chord: G#3, B#3, F#4, A#4

G#7b9 piano chord: G#3, B#3, F#4, A4

G#7#9 piano chord: G#3, B#3, F#4, B5

G#13 piano chord: G#2, F#3, B#3, E#4

G#+ piano chord: G#3, B#3, E4

G#7#5 piano chord: G#3, B#3, E4, F#4

G#m piano chord: G#3, B3, D#4

G#m6 piano chord: G#3, B3, E#4

G#m6 (with 5th) piano chord: G#3, B3, D#4, E#4

G#m7 piano chord: G#3, B3, F#4

G#m7 (with 5th) piano chord: G#3, B3, D#4, F#4

G#m7b5 piano chord: G#3, B3, D4, F#4

G#m7#5 piano chord: G#3, B3, E4, F#4

G#m9 piano chord: G#3, B3, F#4, A#4

G#m7b9 piano chord: G#3, B3, F#4, A4

G#m#7 piano chord: G#3, B3, D#4, FX4

G#dim piano chord: G#3, B3, D4

G#dim7 piano chord: G#3, B3, F4

G#dim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: G#3, B3, D4, F4

Ab Chords Piano Chords:

Ab piano chord: Ab3, C4, Eb4

Ab (without 5th) piano chord: Ab3, C4

Ab5 piano chord: Ab3, Eb4

Absus piano chord: Ab3, Db4, Eb4

Absus2 piano chord: Ab3, Bb3, Eb4

Ab6 piano chord: Ab3, C4, F4

Ab6 (with 5th) piano chord: Ab3, C4, Eb4, F4

AbM7 piano chord: Ab3, C4, G4

AbM7 (with 5th) piano chord: Ab3, C4, Eb4, G4

Ab7 piano chord: Ab3, C4, Gb4

Ab7 (with 5th) piano chord: Ab3, C4, Eb4, Gb4

Ab7b5 piano chord: Ab3, C4, D4, Gb4

Ab7#5 piano chord: Ab3, C4, E4, Gb4

Ab9 piano chord: Ab3, C4, Gb4, Bb4

Ab7b9 piano chord: Ab3, C4, Gb4, A4

Ab7#9 piano chord: Ab3, C4, Gb4, Cb5

Ab13 piano chord: Ab2, Gb3, C4, F4

Ab+ piano chord: Ab3, C4, E4

Ab7#5 piano chord: Ab3, C4, E4, Gb4

Abm piano chord: Ab3, Cb4, Eb4

Abm6 piano chord: Ab3, Cb4, F4

Abm6 (with 5th) piano chord: Ab3, Cb4, Eb4, F4

Abm7 piano chord: Ab3, Cb4, Gb4

Abm7 (with 5th) piano chord: Ab3, Cb4, Eb4, Gb4

Abm7b5 piano chord: Ab3, Cb4, D4, Gb4

Abm7#5 piano chord: Ab3, Cb4, E4, Gb4

Abm9 piano chord: Ab3, Cb4, Gb4, Bb4

Abm7b9 piano chord: Ab3, Cb4, Gb4, A4

Abm#7 piano chord: Ab3, Cb4, Eb4, G4

Abdim piano chord: Ab3, Cb4, D4

Abdim7 piano chord: Ab3, Cb4, F4

Abdim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: Ab3, Cb3, D4, F4

A Chords Piano Chords:

A piano chord: A3, C#4, E4

A (without 5th) piano chord: A3, C#4

A5 piano chord: A3, E4

Asus piano chord: A3, D4, E4

Asus2 piano chord: A3, B3, E4

A6 piano chord: A3, C#4, F#4

A6 (with 5th) piano chord: A3, C#4, E4, F#4

AM7 piano chord: A3, C#4, G#4

AM7 (with 5th) piano chord: A3, C#4, E4, G#4

A7 piano chord: A3, C#4, G4

A7 (with 5th) piano chord: A3, C#4, E4, G4

A7b5 piano chord: A3, C#4, Eb4, G4

A7#5 piano chord: A3, C#4, E#4, G4

A9 piano chord: A3, C#4, G4, B4

A7b9 piano chord: A3, C#4, G4, Bb4

A7#9 piano chord: A3, C#4, G4, C5

A13 piano chord: A2, G3, C#4, F#4

A+ piano chord: A3, C#4, E#4

A7#5 piano chord: A3, C#4, E#4, G4

Am piano chord: A3, C4, E4

Am6 piano chord: A3, C4, F#4

Am6 (with 5th) piano chord: A3, C4, E4, F#4

Am7 piano chord: A3, C4, G4

Am7 (with 5th) piano chord: A3, C4, E4, G4

Am7b5 piano chord: A3, C4, Eb4, G4

Am7#5 piano chord: A3, C4, E#4, G4

Am9 piano chord: A3, C4, G4, B4

Am7b9 piano chord: A3, C4, G4, Bb4

Am#7 piano chord: A3, C4, E4, G#4

Adim piano chord: A3, C4, Eb4

Adim7 piano chord: A3, C4, F#4

Adim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: A3, C4, Eb4, F#4

A# Chords Piano Chords:

A# piano chord: A#3, CX4, E#4

A# (without 5th) piano chord: A#3, CX4

A#5 piano chord: A#3, E#4

A#sus piano chord: A#3, D#4, E#4

A#sus2 piano chord: A#3, B#3, E#4

A#6 piano chord: A#3, CX4, FX4

A#6 (with 5th) piano chord: A#3, CX4, E#4, FX4

A#M7 piano chord: A#3, CX4, GX4

A#M7 (with 5th) piano chord: A#3, CX4, E#4, GX4

A#7 piano chord: A#3, CX4, G#4

A#7 (with 5th) piano chord: A#3, CX4, E#4, G#4

A#7b5 piano chord: A#3, CX4, E4, G#4

A#7#5 piano chord: A#3, CX4, F#4, G#4

A#9 piano chord: A#3, CX4, G#4, B#3

A#7b9 piano chord: A#3, CX4, G#4, B4

A#7#9 piano chord: A#3, CX4, G#4, C#5

A#13 piano chord: A#2, G#3, CX4, FX4

A#+ piano chord: A#3, CX4, F#4

A#7#5 piano chord: A#3, CX4, F#4, G#4

A#m piano chord: A#3, C#4, E#4

A#m6 piano chord: A#3, C#4, FX4

A#m6 (with 5th) piano chord: A#3, C#4, E#4, FX4

A#m7 piano chord: A#3, C#4, G#4

A#m7 (with 5th) piano chord: A#3, C#4, E#4, G#4

A#m7b5 piano chord: A#3, C#4, E4, G#4

A#m7#5 piano chord: A#3, C#4, F#4, G#4

A#m9 piano chord: A#3, C#4, G#4, B#4

A#m7b9 piano chord: A#3, C#4, G#4, B4

A#m#7 piano chord: A#3, C#4, E#4, GX4

A#dim piano chord: A#3, C#4, E4

A#dim7 piano chord: A#3, C#4, G4

A#dim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: A#3, C#4, E4, G4

Bb Chords Piano Chords:

Bb piano chord: Bb3, D4, F4

Bb (without 5th) piano chord: Bb3, D4

Bb5 piano chord: Bb3, F4

Bbsus piano chord: Bb3, Eb4, F4

Bbsus2 piano chord: Bb3, C4, F4

Bb6 piano chord: Bb3, D4, G4

Bb6 (with 5th) piano chord: Bb3, D4, F4, G4

BbM7 piano chord: Bb3, D4, A4

BbM7 (with 5th) piano chord: Bb3, D4, F4, A4

Bb7 piano chord: Bb3, D4, Ab4

Bb7 (with 5th) piano chord: Bb3, D4, F4, Ab4

Bb7b5 piano chord: Bb3, D4, E4, Ab4

Bb7#5 piano chord: Bb3, D4, F#4, Ab4

Bb9 piano chord: Bb3, D4, Ab4, C5

Bb7b9 piano chord: Bb3, D4, Ab4, B4

Bb7#9 piano chord: Bb3, D4, Ab4, Db5

Bb13 piano chord: Bb2, Ab3, D4, G4

Bb+ piano chord: Bb3, D4, F#4

Bb7#5 piano chord: Bb3, D4, F#4, Ab4

Bbm piano chord: Bb3, Db4, F4

Bbm6 piano chord: Bb3, Db4, G4

Bbm6 (with 5th) piano chord: Bb3, Db4, F4, G4

Bbm7 piano chord: Bb3, Db4, Ab4

Bbm7 (with 5th) piano chord: Bb3, Db4, F4, Ab4

Bbm7b5 piano chord: Bb3, Db4, E4, Ab4

Bbm7#5 piano chord: Bb3, Db4, F#4, Ab4

Bbm9 piano chord: Bb3, Db4, Ab4, C5

Bbm7b9 piano chord: Bb3, Db4, Ab4, B4

Bbm#7 piano chord: Bb3, Db4, F4, A4

Bbdim piano chord: Bb3, Db4, E4

Bbdim7 piano chord: Bb3, Db4, G4

Bbdim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: Bb4, Db4, Fb4, G4

B Chords Piano Chords:

B piano chord: B3, D#4, F#4

B (without 5th) piano chord: B3, D#4

B5 piano chord: B3, F#4

Bsus piano chord: B3, E4, F#4

Bsus2 piano chord: B3, C#4, F#4

B6 piano chord: B3, D#4, G#4

B6 (with 5th) piano chord: B3, D#4, F#4, G#4

BM7 piano chord: B3, D#4, A#4

BM7 (with 5th) piano chord: B3, D#4, F#4, A#4

B7 piano chord: B3, D#4, A4

B7 (with 5th) piano chord: B3, D#4, F#4, A4

B7b5 piano chord: B3, D#4, F4, A4

B7#5 piano chord: B3, D#4, FX4, A4

B9 piano chord: B3, D#4, A4, C#5

B7b9 piano chord: B3, D#4, A4, C5

B7#9 piano chord: B3, D#4, A4, D5

B13 piano chord: B2, A3, D#4, G#4

B+ piano chord: B3, D#4, FX4

B7#5 piano chord: B3, D#4, FX4, A4

Bm piano chord: B3, D4, F#4

Bm6 piano chord: B3, D4, G#4

Bm6 (with 5th) piano chord: B3, D4, F#4, G#4

Bm7 piano chord: B3, D4, A4

Bm7 (with 5th) piano chord: B3, D4, F#4, A4

Bm7b5 piano chord: B3, D4, F4, A4

Bm7#5 piano chord: B3, D4, FX4, A4

Bm9 piano chord: B3, D4, A4, C#5

Bm7b9 piano chord: B3, D4, A4, C5

Bm#7 piano chord: B3, D4, F#4, A#4

Bdim piano chord: B3, D4, F4

Bdim7 piano chord: B3, D4, Ab4

Bdim7 (with Flat 5th) piano chord: B3, D4, F4, Ab4

Size Matters Not?

This left me shocked and awed.

Classmates.com silliness

"Remember that Girl you wanted to ask out and never did?"

Well now she's old and fat.

Imagine! Arnold with a hankie!

OK, so I just watched the latest trailer for "Terminator Salvation".

There's something really special going on here. Apparently, the movie introduces the human-cyborg thing, but instead of the machines being slow-walking Austrian killing stormtroopers, they are captured humans who have been converted into killing machines.

"What are you?" John shouts. Marcus replies, "I don't know."

They have feelings and can act! That's a big surprise. I got all goose-bump-ified watching this trailer. Something about a really great intelligent action movie reaches into the heart of a man and touches him in a way no "Sex in the City"-loving woman will ever understand!
A summer movie that might not sucks!


My only problem with this trailer is the highly over-rated Bryce Dallas Howard. I love her dad, and I want so much to like her. But while her elegance, grace, sophistication always come through in a role, I can't ever get past that to see the character she is supposed to be playing. She really needs to loosen up and let her emotional boogers show. That's what makes actresses like Angelina Jolie a cut above. Bryce Dallas Howard is always being a sophisticated rich kid, even when she's supposed to be white trash.

New Multiplication Table Visualizer

I'm not sure what inspired me to create this little application. But I've been thinking about my grade school math lately.

As I'm 32 years old, it's been at least 20 years since I was drilled on my multiplication tables. And despite the fact that I went to an Ivy League college and have worked doing computer programming, I have yet to be put in a real-world situation where that would require me to multiply 7 times 13, much less 13 times 29, etc. But still it bothers me when I do try to figure out some math problem in my head that I can't do it. I know I'm a smart person, but mental math (which often requires you to put some part of the problem in your short term memory) is beyond me.

A few months ago I saw a book about doing math problems in your head. I was flipping through it and it got me excited about learning the techniques. I haven't pick up the book yet, but I have been ruminating on the idea of mental math.

Coupling that idea with my new found passion for Adobe Flash CS4, I decided to make a little application that allows you to actually see the math problems as you solve them, by using blocks. Doing programmatic graphics and animation has gotten a lot easier these days and a program like this would have been difficult to program even a few years ago (at least for a normal person, like myself).

Anyway, it took me a night to make it, and I decided to put it out there. I know most of you are here because you want to learn piano chords, but everybody could stand to brush up on their multiplication, right?

Multiplication Table Visualizer

President of Guinea-Bissau Assassinated!

World asks, "What's Guinea-Bissau"? Is that a country?

New Piano Chord Finder

In my quest to keep improving my piano chord finders, I've created a new one on my Patternpiano.com website that allows you to preview eight chords at a time without having to click a button. My last piano chord finder I found required too many button clicks. Let me know what you think!

New Piano Chord Finder

Nate

Gollum does Barry White

Microsoft Songsmith - Amazing!

20 basic rhythms

This is another fun rhythm video I did about two years ago. Enjoy:

Musical Rhythm Counting

This is a video I did a while back that I thought would be fun to put up here.

Flossing

OK, so I know this isn't piano-chord-related, but I sometimes have these brilliant ideas. My girlfriend was pestering me about flossing, and I realized something:

In a relationship, one person's floss is the other person's gain.

Answer to Question on Tritones

Question from Michael Bell:


Thanks for the site it's proving to be very helpful to me. I am trying to find out some information tritones I've been researching and they are called diminished 5th's or augmented 4th's. I have been reading and reading about them and I understand the basic theory behind them but I don't know how to form chords with these. I have seen some very interesting videos on youtube and they really change how your music sounds. I would appreciate if you could forward me some info on these chords in like the key of c or c#. Thanks God bless you.

Michael,

There are two common kinds of chords that use tritones, dominant chords and diminished chords. So if you take a look at any of the dominant or diminished chords on this site, you'll see tritones in action. Or if you look at any sheet music and you see a dominant chord or diminished chord, you'll see tritones in action.

In a dominant chord, the tritone is formed between the major third of the chord and the minor seventh. For example, in a C7 chord, the major third is E and the minor 7th is Bb. This interval is a flat fifth (i.e., a tritone).

A diminished chord has a tritone between the root of the chord and the flat fifth.

A dominant seventh chord is made up entirely of minor thirds, and two minor thirds make up a tritone.

So a Cdim7 chord has a tritone between the root and fifth (C to Gb), the minor third and diminished 7th (Eb and A) And the inversions of those two, the flat fifth to the root, and the diminished 7th to the minor third (A to Eb).

But all of this theory about tritones is not particularly helpful to playing well. It's more helpful to just start memorizing chord shapes on the piano. That's where my books and my piano chords site come in handy. Once you've memorized the shapes, and trained your ear, you don't need to think about where the tritones are, you'll just know the right sound at the right time - sort of like vocabulary and speech.

One interesting thing with tritones is that they are a tense sound that wants to resolve. If you play a G7 chord:

G, B, F

and then resolve it to a C chord:

G, C, E

you can hear how the tritone between B and F is a tension-filled sound and it wants to resolve to the C chord.

Cat Dances Against Guitar

Coolest thing I've seen on YouTube in a while

This is a really awesome stop motion video with tons of creativity, a beautiful girl and some good music. Enjoy!

Sight Reading Game - Vertical "Chord-Style"

Another Piano Sight-Reading Game, this one broken down into 22 categories relating to different areas of the Grand Staff:

1. Lines of the Treble Clef
2. Lines of the Bass Clef
3. Lines of both the Bass Clef and Treble
4. Spaces of the Treble Clef
5. Spaces of the Bass Clef
6. Spaces of both the Treble And Bass Clef
7. All Lines and Spaces of Both Clefs
8. The Lines Above the Treble Clef
9. The Lines Below the Treble Clef
10. The Lines Above the Bass Clef
11. The Lines Below the Bass Clef
12. The Spaces Above the Treble Clef
13. The Spaces Below the Treble Clef
14. The Spaces Above the Bass Clef
15. The Spaces Below the Bass Clef
16. The Lines and Spaces Above the Treble Clef
17. The Lines and Spaces Below the Treble Clef
18. The Lines and Spaces Above the Bass Clef
19. The Lines and Spaces Below the Bass Clef
20. All Lines in the Quiz
21. All Spaces in the Quiz
22. All Available Notes

New Sight Reading Game

Yet another sight-reading game.

This one allows for a more rapid-fire approach, for more advanced students. You simply type the note name of each note from top to bottom.
Here's the link:

Sight-Reading on the Grand Staff.

Or if you want to practice sight reading vertical notes (such as in a chord), you can do that here:
Notes in a Random Chord Sight Reading