Available Tensions by Chord Type

Chord Type Tensions Special Situations

%9 9 #9 11 #11 %13 13 sus4 Maj7 #5 %5

Major 6 3 3 (6) 3 3

Minor 6 3 3 (6) 3

Major 7 3 rare 3 3 chord rare 3tone

Minor(Maj7) 3 3 3 chordtone

Minor 7 Phrygian 3 3 Aeolian Dorian (11)

Minor 7(%5) Ionian 3 3 (%13) chord

Dominant 7 3 3 3 (sus4) 3 3 3 3 (%13) 3

Augmented 7 3 3 (#5) chordtone

Diminished 7* 3 3 3 3 (%13) chord

*Note: Tensions on diminished chords are not usually labeled by interval on lead sheets. The general consensus is that available tensions on diminished chords are those notes a whole step above a chord tonethat are diatonic to the prevailing key.

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