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== Chord shapes (downmajor tuning) ==

There are many chords to explore, but the obvious place to start is with those of [[odd-limit|intervallic odd-limit]] 9 or less. These chords are mostly subsets of the 4:5:6:7:9 pentad or the 9/(9:7:6:5:4) pentad. Thus most of these chords can be classified as either '''harmonic''' or '''subharmonic'''. The ^m7 and vm7 chords (and their homonyms v6 and ^6) are classified as '''stacked''' chords, because they are formed by stacking complimentary 3rds. ~~Some~~ chords fall outside these 3 categories.)

There are many chords to explore, but the obvious place to start is with those of [[odd-limit|intervallic odd-limit]] 9 or less. These chords are mostly subsets of the 4:5:6:7:9 pentad or the 9/(9:7:6:5:4) pentad. Thus most of these chords can be classified as either '''harmonic''' or '''subharmonic'''. The ^m7 and vm7 chords (and their homonyms v6 and ^6) are classified as '''stacked''' chords, because they are formed by stacking complimentary 3rds. Many chords fall outside these 3 categories.

These tables list all the 9-odd-limit chords, plus the vM7 tetrad, which is odd limit 15 and stacked. The chord shapes are written in tablature, using fret numbers. The root is placed arbitrarily on the 4th fret. In these tables, the interval between open strings is always a downmajor 3rd. This makes the Kite guitar isomorphic, thus a tab like 4 6 3 5 can start on the 6th, 5th or 4th string. A skipped string is indicated by a period. Alternate fingerings are possible, especially for 2-finger and 3-finger chords.

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 == Chord shapes (downmajor tuning) ==
-There are many chords to explore, but the obvious place to start is with those of [[odd-limit|intervallic odd-limit]] 9 or less. These chords are mostly subsets of the 4:5:6:7:9 pentad or the 9/(9:7:6:5:4) pentad. Thus most of these chords can be classified as either '''harmonic''' or '''subharmonic'''. The ^m7 and vm7 chords (and their homonyms v6 and ^6) are classified as '''stacked''' chords, because they are formed by stacking complimentary 3rds. Some chords fall outside these 3 categories.)
+There are many chords to explore, but the obvious place to start is with those of [[odd-limit|intervallic odd-limit]] 9 or less. These chords are mostly subsets of the 4:5:6:7:9 pentad or the 9/(9:7:6:5:4) pentad. Thus most of these chords can be classified as either '''harmonic''' or '''subharmonic'''. The ^m7 and vm7 chords (and their homonyms v6 and ^6) are classified as '''stacked''' chords, because they are formed by stacking complimentary 3rds. Many chords fall outside these 3 categories.
 These tables list all the 9-odd-limit chords, plus the vM7 tetrad, which is odd limit 15 and stacked. The chord shapes are written in tablature, using fret numbers. The root is placed arbitrarily on the 4th fret. In these tables, the interval between open strings is always a downmajor 3rd. This makes the Kite guitar isomorphic, thus a tab like 4 6 3 5 can start on the 6th, 5th or 4th string. A skipped string is indicated by a period. Alternate fingerings are possible, especially for 2-finger and 3-finger chords.