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Chord symbols
Every chord symbol you will meet on a lead sheet, built on C. Read a symbol from left to right: the root letter first, then the suffix that changes it (Handout 229). All of them are stacks of 3rds — except the sus chords, which swap the 3rd out.
Free to use in your own lessons and practice. Made by the teachers at Tissimo.