Extended Chords

The majority of the chords you have used in the Junior Cert are in basic triad form.
We can colour a chord to give it a richer flavour by adding in extra notes. This is
called Extended chord notation.
You will know its an extended chord because you will see a number after the chord
symbol.
Example:
7

In the key of C, G means it is the triad of G with the 7th note above added in.
What is the 7th note above G? ______________________

The Five Seven

The chord of V is a strong chord because it always struggles to pull you back to
________ to make a ________________ cadence.
To make this even more powerful you can add in the 7th note (this works because that
7th note wants to fall to one of the notes in the tonic/do triad/ Chord of I. Its like
when Ti always wants to go back to ___________.
Have a listen to Hey Jude by the Beatles and follow the extract provided.
Q1. What key is it in? ________________________________________
Q2. Write the Roman Numerals over the Chords (for the 1st 3 lines only)
Q3. What bar is the V7 in? ____________________________________
Q4. What is the extra note added to V? _________________ (Circle it in the bar).
Bonus Points Question! At the end of the 1st page there is a new key introduced.
How does Paul do this? Hint: Look for something new.

Extended chords in Bohemian Rhapsody

Prep. Work: First complete the chord grid and scale in the Key of Bb.
Notes

Chord

Bb

Cm

Dm

Eb

Gm

Name

In the key of Bb what is the extra note if the Extended chord is marked as Bb6 or I

Circle and Identify the extra note for each extended chord.

Scan this QRCode to go to the webpage. (Go to the app store and purchased to find
the app)

Alternatively do a Google search for chords of 1300 popular songs

Have a look at the 2 pages and write down some interesting commonalities that the
author found.

What is the most common chord progression he found?

Do some more research and make a list of all the songs you can find with this
progression. Try to see if you can find ones that everyone can sing.
Write out the Title and words of the line which the four chords are in.
Song Title

Words