Dr. Dick’s Chord Weaving Level 4

Chord Weaving Level 4 provides a comprehensive list of all possible chord changes for diatonic chords based on thirds, often used in Jazz.

Chord Weaving Level 4 adds more musicality by providing separate tables for all twelve keys (plus enharmonic keys), and changing the pattern from perfect fifths to cycles of fourths, perfect for jazz. The chords studied are all in the major scale built on thirds, beginning with basic triads:

CC CF CDm CG CEm CAm CBo

FC FF FDm FG FEm FAm FBo

DmC DmF DmDm DmG DmEm DmAm DmBo

GC GF GDm GG GEm GAm GBo

EmC EmF EmDm EmG EmEm EmAm EmBo

AmC AmF AmDm AmG AmEm AmAm AmBo

BoC BoF BoDm BoG BoEm BoAm BoBo

Adding the seventh that occurs naturally by moving up a 3^rd from the 5^th scale degree

CM7

FM7

Dm7

Em7

Am7

Bm7b5

and continuing for ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords.


CM9	FM9	Dm9	G9	Em7b9	Am9	Bm7b5b9
CM11	FM9#11	Dm9b11	G11	Em11b9	Am11	Bm11b5b9
CM13	FM13#11	Dm13b11	G13	Em11b9#13	Am13	Bm11b5b9#13

Explore the table using similar techniques gleaned from Chord Weaving 3.

Switch among keys by using the tables for all keys, listed in order of the circle of fifths. Enharmonic keys (such as D# and Eb) have a second column to the right.

If some chords are unfamiliar, choose smaller sections of the table and add rows and columns as the new chords reveal themselves, as in Chord Weaving Level 0.

All patterns are in the support file, “Chord Weaving Level 3 Table.xlsx” on http://patternobsession.richardrepp.com