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chord symbol
noun
- music any of a series of letters and numerals, used as a shorthand indication of chords, esp in jazz, folk, or pop music
B7 indicates the dominant seventh chord in the key of E
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Chord symbols also may be used even when an accompaniment is written out, so that performers can read either the chord symbol or the notated music, as they prefer.
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If a chord symbol says to "add13," on the other hand, this usually means that only the thirteenth is added.
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The alteration — for example "flat five" or "sharp nine" — is listed in the chord symbol.
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