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A chord chart (or chart) is a form of musical notation that describes the basic harmonic and rhythmic information for a song or tune.[1]

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  1. 31 relations: Accompaniment, ASCII, Bass guitar, Bassline, Chord (music), Chord chart, Chord notation, Chord progression, Comping (jazz), Counter-melody, Drum kit, Guitar, Harmony, Jazz, Key (music), Lead sheet, Lyrics, Music theory, Musical improvisation, Musical notation, Musical note, Ornament (music), Piano, Pitch (music), Popular music, Rhythm, Rhythm section, Roman numeral analysis, Session musician, Staff (music), Voicing (music).

  2. Accompaniment

Accompaniment

Accompaniment is the musical part which provides the rhythmic and/or harmonic support for the melody or main themes of a song or instrumental piece.

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ASCII

ASCII, an acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family.

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Bassline

Bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as blues, jazz, funk, dub and electronic, traditional, and classical music, for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played (in jazz and some forms of popular music) by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, cello, tuba or keyboard (piano, Hammond organ, electric organ, or synthesizer). Chord chart and Bassline are accompaniment.

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Chord (music)

In music, a chord is a group of two or more notes played simultaneously, typically consisting of a root note, a third, and a fifth. Chord chart and chord (music) are accompaniment and chords.

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Chord chart

A chord chart (or chart) is a form of musical notation that describes the basic harmonic and rhythmic information for a song or tune. Chord chart and chord chart are accompaniment, chords, jazz terminology and musical notation.

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Chord notation

Musicians use various kinds of chord names and symbols in different contexts to represent musical chords. Chord chart and chord notation are chords and musical notation.

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Chord progression

In a musical composition, a chord progression or harmonic progression (informally chord changes, used as a plural) is a succession of chords. Chord chart and chord progression are jazz terminology.

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Comping (jazz)

In jazz, comping (an abbreviation of accompaniment; or possibly from the verb, to "complement") is the chords, rhythms, and countermelodies that keyboard players (piano or organ), guitar players, or drummers use to support a musician's improvised solo or melody lines. Chord chart and comping (jazz) are accompaniment and jazz terminology.

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Counter-melody

In music, a counter-melody (often countermelody) is a sequence of notes, perceived as a melody, written to be played simultaneously with a more prominent lead melody. Chord chart and counter-melody are accompaniment.

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Drum kit

A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person.

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Guitar

The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings.

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Harmony

In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. Chord chart and Jazz are jazz terminology.

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Key (music)

In music theory, the key of a piece is the group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a musical composition in Western classical music, art music, and pop music.

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Lead sheet

A lead sheet or fake sheet is a form of musical notation that specifies the essential elements of a popular song: the melody, lyrics and harmony. Chord chart and lead sheet are jazz terminology and musical notation.

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Lyrics

Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses.

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Music theory

Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music.

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Musical improvisation

Musical improvisation (also known as musical extemporization) is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians.

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Musical notation

Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music.

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Musical note

In music, notes are distinct and isolatable sounds that act as the most basic building blocks for nearly all of music. Chord chart and Musical note are musical notation.

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Ornament (music)

In music, ornaments or embellishments are musical flourishes—typically, added notes—that are not essential to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony), but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" that line (or harmony), provide added interest and variety, and give the performer the opportunity to add expressiveness to a song or piece.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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Pitch (music)

Pitch is a perceptual property that allows sounds to be ordered on a frequency-related scale, or more commonly, pitch is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies.

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Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.

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Rhythm

Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions".

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Rhythm section

A rhythm section is a group of musicians within a music ensemble or band that provides the underlying rhythm, harmony and pulse of the accompaniment, providing a rhythmic and harmonic reference and "beat" for the rest of the band. Chord chart and rhythm section are accompaniment.

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Roman numeral analysis

In music theory, Roman numeral analysis is a type of harmonic analysis in which chords are represented by Roman numerals, which encode the chord's degree and harmonic function within a given musical key. Chord chart and Roman numeral analysis are chords.

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Session musician

A session musician (also known as studio musician or backing musician) is a musician hired to perform in a recording session or a live performance.

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Staff (music)

In Western musical notation, the staff: "in British English: also called: stave; plural: staffs or staves" (UK also stave; plural: staffs or staves), also occasionally referred to as a pentagram, is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch or in the case of a percussion staff, different percussion instruments. Chord chart and staff (music) are musical notation.

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Voicing (music)

In music theory, voicing refers to two closely related concepts.

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See also

Accompaniment

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_chart

Also known as Chord sheet, Jazz chart, Nashville Notation, Rhythmic notation, Slash notation, Slash notehead.