MUS 443 –Jazz Composition and Theory I

Winter 2006

DIATONIC AND MODAL AVAILABLE CHORD LIST:

Possible I Chords: ​ odal Sources:

M
I Maj7 ​Ionian, Lydian
I6 ​Ionian, Lydian
I-7 ​Aeolian, Dorian, Phrygian
I-6 ​Melodic Minor, Dorian
I-(maj7) ​Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor
I 7 or I 7(sus4) ​Mixolydian, Blues,

Possible II Chords: ​Modal Sources:

II-7 I​ onian, Dorian, Mixolydian, Melodic Minor
II-7(b5) ​Aeolian, Harmonic Minor
bII Maj7 ​Phrygian (Also a subdominant minor chord)
II 7 ​Lydian (Special function dominant)

Possible III Chords: ​ ​ odal Sources:

M
III-7 ​Ionian, Lydian
bIII Maj7 ​Dorian, Aeolian
bIII Maj7 (#5) ​ armonic Minor, Melodic Minor
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bIII 7 ​Phrygian
III-7(b5) ​Mixolydian

Possible IV Chords: ​ odal Sources:

M
IV Maj7 ​Ionian, Mixolydian
IV7 ​Melodic Minor, Dorian, Blues
IV-7 ​Aeolian, Phrygian, Harmonic Minor
#IV-7 (b5) ​Lydian

Possible V Chords: ​ odal Sources:

M ​
V7 ​Ionian, Melodic Minor
V7 (b9) ​Harmonic Minor
V-7 ​Dorian, Mixolydian, Aeolian
V-7(b5) ​Phrygian
V Maj7 ​Lydian

Possible VI Chords: ​Modal Sources:

VI-7 I​ onian, Lydian, Mixolydian
VI-7(b5) ​Dorian, Melodic Minor
bVI Maj7 ​Phrygian, Aeolian, Harmonic Minor
bVI7 * ​Special Function Dominant, usually analyzed as subV7/V but sometimes
resolves directly to I of the key
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*Derived from Locrian or Italian 6 of 19 century harmony.

Possible VII Chords: ​ ​Modal Sources:

VII-7 (b5) ​Ionian, Melodic Minor
bVII Maj7 ​Dorian, Mixolydian
bVII-7 ​Phrygian
VII-7 ​Lydian
bVII7 ​Aeolian
VIIo7 ​Harmonic Minor

In addition we have the following secondary dominants and their related II chords:
V7/II
V7/III
V7/IV
V7/V
V7/VI
V7/bII
V7/bIII
V7/bVI