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Patterns for Chords and Scales in the Gerhard Layout

All patterns and chords in the examples below are listed in the key of C. To play a chord or scale in a different key, use the same pattern but start on the appropriate note. For example, to play a D major chord, take the pattern from the major chord example but start on the note D.

Since the same note appears multiple times in most layouts, most chords and scales can be played in more than one way, with more than one pattern. The patterns presented here represent the more common, easier, or more compact pattern. Experiment with new patterns by changing which particular instance of the note is included the pattern. For example, if the pattern includes a E4 note, find another E4 and update the pattern with that one instead. This flexibility allows users to develop their own preferred patterns for common chords and scales.

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Chords

Triads

Major: C - E - G
Major 		Minor: C - E♭ - G
Minor
Augmented: C - E - A♭ *
Augmented 		Diminished: C - E♭ - F♯
Diminished
Flat 5: C - E - F♯
Flat 5 		Sus4: C - F - G
Sus 4

Larger Chords

7th: C - E - G - B♭
7th 		Major 7th:C - E - G - B
Major 7th
6th: C - E - G - A
6th 		9th: C - E - G - B♭ - D
9th
11th: C - E - G - B♭ - D - F
11th 		13th: C - E - G - B♭ - D - F - A
13th

Scales

Major Scale: C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C
Major Scale 		Minor Scale: C - D - E♭ - F - G - A♭ - B♭ - C
Minor Scale
Blues scale: C - E♭ - F - F♯ - G - B♭ - C
Blues Scale 		Pentatonic: C - D - F - G - A - C
Pentatonic

Intervals

Minor second: C - C♯
Minor Second 		Major second: C - D
Major Second
Minor third: C - E♭
Minor Third 		Major third: C - E
Major Thir
Perfect fourth: C - F
Perfect Fourth 		Tritone / Diminished 5th / Augmented 4th: C - F♯
Tritone
Perfect fifth: C - G
Perfect Fifth 		Minor sixth: C - A♭
Minor Sixth
Major sixth: C - A
Major Sixth 		Minor seventh: C - B♭
Minor Seventh
Major seventh: C - B
Major Seventh 		Perfect octave: C - C
Perfect Octave

* NOTE:

For those familiar with music theory, some of the accidentals may be spelled differently that would be common in any particular key. Since the keyboard note labels cannot change based on the key being played (yet), we have chosen to spell accidentals based on their appearance in more common keys: B♭, E♭, A♭, F♯, C♯

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