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| Root Note || quality (m, dim/{{dim}}, aug/+) || number indicating extension (6,7,9,11,13) || modifier (add/sus 2,4,6,9,11,13) || inversion (/Bass Note)
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* If the chord omits the 3rd and includes a 2nd or 4th in its place, it is considered suspended. This is indicated with "sus" and then either "2" or "4" depending on whether the chord has the 2nd or 4th.
* If the chord includes a note outside of the basic triad but does not include a 7th, this is indicated with "add" then the scale degree of the added note. This is typically the 2nd/9th - "add9".
* If the chord has a "/" followed by a note name at the end, this indicates an inversion, using the specified note as the bass note. Inversions can also be written by indicating the intervals of the notes above the bass note (C/E = E{{6}}<sub>3</sub>); however, this notation is rarely used in modern writing.
* Sometimes a power chord will be written as "Root5" (ex. G5). This technically isn't even a chord, but chord charts and chord symbols often write it in place of chords.