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Well done, that's surprising, a surprisingly good chord representation!
The chords are definitely present in biab.
This now makes it possible to listen to some styles that use complex chords.
I have seen information about a style where the chord structure is shown.
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Noel as best I recall I did have that complex chords option selected. I will have to go back to the drawing board and repeat my exercise to confirm. Thanks for the input. Yes, I see my error. I have corrected the notation chart. This is more aligned with what I had expected to see with this exercise. https://drive.google.com/file/d/15z22xPBBa0l8kkdaJvolMub7eAjbbdEm/view?usp=sharingI will delete/correct the prior content. 3 am, can I go back to bed now?  Dan
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Hi Dan.
Wow! That pdf is a very impressive chord list. I have never seen all those chords fully displayed before.They look great and intimidating all at the same time!
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The complete chords list in groups, .make this sense ?
🎹 Summary of Chord Groups (Functional BIAB Classification)
Triads & Basic Colors
Fundamental chord colors and power structures
→ major, minor, augmented, diminished, sus, power chords, blues colors
Sixth & Add Chords
Tonic color extensions without dominant tension
→ add2, 6, 6/9 (major & minor)
Seventh Chords (Basic)
Core harmonic functions
→ major 7, minor 7, dominant 7, half-diminished, diminished
Extended Chords (9 / 11 / 13)
Natural extensions of seventh harmony
→ 9ths, 11ths, 13ths (major, minor, dominant, sus)
Major Color & Modal Chords
Non-functional / modal major colors
→ Lydian, #11, altered fifths in major harmony
Dominant – Basic Altered
Single alterations creating dominant tension
→ b5, #5, b9, #9, b13, #11
Dominant – Double & Triple Altered
High-tension dominant combinations
→ multiple alterations combined (#9 + b13, b9 + #11, etc.)
Heavily Altered 13 Chords
Maximum dominant density with 13th present
→ altered 13 chords with compound tensions
Suspended Dominant Families
Dominant function without a defining third
→ sus chords with altered tensions (b9, #11, b13, etc.)
Sus Extensions (9 & 13)
Extended suspended harmony
→ sus chords expanded with 9ths and 13ths
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Triads & Basic Colors |
Sixth & Add Chords |
Seventh Chords (Basic) |
Extended Chords (9 / 11 / 13) |
Major Color & Modal Chords |
Dominant – Basic Altered |
Dominant – Double & Triple Altered |
Heavily Altered 13 Chords |
Suspended Dominant Families |
Sus Extensions (9 & 13) |
Altered Dominant Summary
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| C | Cm | Caug | C+ | Cdim | Cdim5 | Csus | C2 |
| C4 | C5 | C5b | C(Blues) | | | | |
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| Cadd2 | Cmadd2 | C6 | Cm6 | C69 | Cm69 | | |
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| CMaj7 | Cm7 | CmMaj7 | C7 | C7sus | Cm7b5 | Cdim7 | |
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| CMaj9 | Cm9 | Cm9b5 | C9 | C9sus | Cm11 | C13 | C13sus |
| Cm13 | | | | | | | |
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| CMaj7#5 | CMaj7b5 | CMaj7Lyd | CMaj9#11 | CMaj13 | CMaj13#11 | | |
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| C7b5 | C7#5 | C7b9 | C7#9 | C7b13 | C7#11 | | |
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| C9b5 | C9#5 | C9b13 | C9#11 | C9#11b13 | C13b5 | C13#5 | C13b9 |
| C13#9 | C13#11 | C13#9#11 | | | | | |
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| C7b9b13 | C7b9#11 | C7b9#11b13 | C7#9b13 | C7#9#11b13 | C7#11b13 | C7b5b9 | C7b5b13 |
| C7b5b9b13 | C7b5#9 | C7b5#9b13 | C7#5b9 | C7#5#9 | C7#5#11 | C7#5b9#11 | C7#5#9#11 |
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| C13b5b9 | C13b5#9 | C13#5b9 | C13#5#11 | C13#5b9#11 | C13#5#9 | C13#5#9#11 | |
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| C7susb13 | C7sus#11 | C7sus#11b13 | C7susb9 | C7susb9b13 | C7susb9#11 | C7susb9#11b13 | C7sus#9 |
| C7sus#9b13 | C7sus#9#11b13 | C7susb5 | C7susb5b13 | C7susb5b9 | C7susb5b9b13 | C7susb5#9 | C7susb5#9b13 |
| C7sus#5 | C7sus#5#11 | C7sus#5b9 | C7sus#5b9#11 | C7sus#5#9 | C7sus#5#9#11 | | |
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| C9susb13 | C9sus#11 | C9sus#11b13 | C9susb5 | C9susb5b13 | C9sus#5 | C9sus#5#11 | |
| C13sus#11 | C13susb9 | C13susb9b13 | C13susb9#11 | C13sus#9 | C13sus#9#11 | C13susb5 | C13susb5b9 |
| C13susb5#9 | C13sus#5 | C13sus#5#11 | C13sus#5b9 | C13sus#5b9#11 | C13sus#5#9 | C13sus#5#9#11 | |
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| C7alt | | | | | | | |
i like to hear those chords , but how to do this ?
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BIAB selects on of the four possibilities for a 7alt chord. I forget which one, but it works in all situations I’ve used it. You can audition this or any other supported chord in the Chord Builder window, or Shift+Enter, or by playing the song.
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The account that argued about the chords (and often got into it with Notes Norton) was Finetuned (I don't remember their names, but they posted a lot on the forum). They sold after market MIDI styles in all 12 keys because they believed there was significant difference in the MIDI output depending on the key of the song.
They eventually had a going out of business sale, shut down their website, and disappeared from the forum. I did buy some of their styles at the time, but I couldn't really see a big difference in each of the 12 keys per style. Norton and PGMusic refuted that this was how it worked, and since Norton and PGMusic are still around, I tend to side with them based on my limited experience with their styles.
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