31 basic four note chords with root

Please see the list of 31 four note chords.

They are assorted into the three main categories major, minor, and dominant.
Contained are the 12 basic seventh chords, the 7 follow up-chords that work well
as root and subdominant chords, plus 12 chords containing options whilst leaving out
the perfect fifth. They all contain the root of the chord.

MAJOR
C add 9 C6 C 6/9 C maj7
& wwww wwww www www
w w
? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
1 2 3 4

o m i t3 }
C maj7 (9) C maj7 { C maj7 (#11) C maj7 (#5) C maj7 (13)
ww ww # wwww # wwww www
9

& ww ww w
? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
5 6 7 8 9
MINOR
C - add 9 C-6 C - 6/9 C-7
& b wwww b wwww b wwww b b wwww
? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
10 11 12 13

C - 7 (9) C - 7 (11) ! C - 7 (Ñ5)

b b wwww b b wwww b b wwww b b b wwww
7 (13)
C-
&
? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
14 15 16 17

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 31 basic four note chords with root 2

C ` (maj7) C `7 C - maj7
& b b wwww b b ∫ wwww b wwww
? ∑ ∑ ∑
18 19 20

DOMINANT
C7 b #
C 7( 9) C 7 (9) C 7( 9)
& b www bw b ww bw
w b www ww # www
? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
21 22 23 24

b
C 7( 5) C 7(13) C 7(#5) C 7sus4
& b b wwww b www
w # b wwww b www
w
? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
25 26 27 28

C 7sus4 (Ñ9) C 7sus4 (9) C sus 4( maj 7)

& bw b ww www
b www ww w
? ∑ ∑ ∑
29 30 31

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