TrueFire Presents

ROBBIE CALVO’S

SECTION 2

Chord Vocabulary
PRINCIPLE 12: Diads & Power Chords
(6th, 5th, 4th and 3rd String Root)
 PRINCIPLE 13: Triad Chords

G G G G

G G G G

Am Am Am Am

Am Am Am

Bm Bm Bm Bm

Bm Bm
C C C C

C C

D D D D

D D
Em Em Em Em

C Em

F#° F#° F#°

F#° F#°
 PRINCIPLE 14: 7th Chords

G (Imaj) Am (IImin) Bm (IIImin) C (IV maj)

D (V maj) Em (VI min) F#° (VII dim) G (VIII or I)

G maj7 (Ima7) Am7 (IIma7) Bm7 (IImi7) C maj7 (IVma7)

G maj7 (VIII or
F#min7b5 Ima7)
D7 (V7) Em7 (VImi7) (VIIm7b5)
G maj7 A min7 B min7 C maj7

G maj7
D7 E min7 F#min7b5

G maj7 A min7 B min7 C maj7

5 7 8

D7 E min7 F#min7b5

10 12 13
Am7 Bm7 C maj7 D7

Em7 F#min7b5 C maj7

7 9 10

D7 Em7 F#min7b5 G maj7

Am7 Bm7 C maj7

7 9 10
PRINCIPLE 15: 9th, 11th, and 13th
Chords

Gmaj7 Gmaj9 Am7 Am9

5 5

Gmaj11 Gmaj13 Am11 Am13

Circled notes are extensions

Bm7 Bm7b9 Cmaj7 Cmaj9

Bm7 Bm7b13 Cmaj7#11 Cmaj13

5
 D7 D9 Em7 Em9

5 7 5

D11 D13 Em11 Em13

5 4 5

Circled notes are extensions

F#m7b5 F#m7b9b5

F#m11b5 F#m13b5

4
PRINCIPLE 13-15: Popular Voicings

G G G G

7 10

G Gmaj7 Gmaj7 Gmaj7

Gmaj7 Gmaj7 Gmaj7 Gmaj7

5 8 10

Gmaj9 Gmaj9 Gmaj7#11 Gmaj7#11

9 8 9

Gmaj13 Bm

10
 Am Am Am Am

5 5 12

Am Am7 Am7 Am7

8 5

Am7 Am7 Am7 Am9

7 10 10 5

Am9 Am11 Am11 Am11

10 8 10

Am13 Am13

10
 Bm Bm Bm Bm

7 7

Bm7 Bm7 Bm7 Bm7

7 7 9

Bm7 Bm7b9 Bm7b9 Bm11

12 7 5

Bm11 Bm7b13 Bm7b13 Bm7b13

7 8 7
 C C C C

8 8

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7

5 8

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj9

7 8 10

Cmaj9 Cmaj7#11 Cmaj7#11 Cmaj13

7 7 8

Cmaj13

8 8
 D D D D/F#

5 7

D/F# D D D7

10 10

D7 D7 D7 D7

5 7 10

D7 D7 D7 D9

10 12 8

D9(no root) D9 D9 D11 (C/D)

9 9 11

D11 (C/D) D11 (C/D) D11

8 8 12

D13 D13

4 10
 Em Em Em Em

7 12

Em Em7 Em7 Em7

12 5

Em7 Em7 Em9 Em9

7 12

Em9 Em9 Em7 Em11

4 5 8 12 5

Em11 Em7b13 Em7b13 Em7b13

10 7 12
 F#° F#°/A F#°

5 8

F#m7b5 F#m7b5 F#m7b5

F#m7b9b5 F#m7b13b5
 PRINCIPLE 16: Other Essential Chords

5 10

3 10

10 7 3

10 8 9

9 5

5 5 8

10
PRINCIPLE 17: Slash Chords

3
 G Major Diatonic Slash Chords

10 12 12 12

10 12 9 10

Popular Voicings

Transpose these
7 12
shapes for the IV
& V chords in G
Major (C/D, E/D)

7 12

10 8

10 7 12

7 9
Diatonic Slash Chords Progression
PRINCIPLE 18: Interpreting a Chord
Chart

Basic Chart

Nashville Numbers

1 3mi 4 4
1 3mi 4 4

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6mi 2mi 6mi 2mi 5

1 3mi 4 4
1 3mi 4 4

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6mi 2mi 6mi 2mi 5

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1: Acoustic / Pop

2: Funk Style