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Chord Synonyms
Due to the fact that the guitar player is res tricted to play chords with a maximum of 6 notes
at a time and a minimum of 3 (at least for full chords) sometimes compromises have to be done
and notes have to be left out. This leaves space for chord synonyms, mostly invertions of
each other:
(This list is by no means complete)
C / E Cmaj
C / D D9(sus4/11)
C / F Fmaj9
C / A Amin7
Cadd9 (no 3rd) Gsus4
Cadd9 sus 4 G7sus4
Cmin / A# D#6
C6 Amin / C
C6 Am7
C6/9 (no root) A7sus4
Cmin6 Amin7b5 / C
C7 C7/6
C7b9 (no root) Edim
Cmaj7 Emin / C
C9b5 (no root) Gb 7+5
C9b5 D9+5
Cmaj9 G / C
Cm9 (no root) Eb maj7
