Upper Structure Triads

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Upper Structure Triads - Easy way to conceptualize complex chord voicings
Dominant chords
C13(b9) A/C
C7 C7(#9) E¨/C
C7 C13(#11) D/C
C7

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Scriabin's "Mystic Chord"

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C7[åÁ] A¨/C
C7 C7[âÅ] G¨/C
C7

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Major chords

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11 CŒ„Š13(#11) = D/C
CŒ„Š7 CŒ„Š9 = G/C
CŒ„Š7

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Minor chords

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15 C‹11 = B¨/C
C‹ C‹(Œ„Š9) = G/C
C‹

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2 Weird ones
B/G
G7 C©/E
EŒ„Š7 D/C
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Gil Evans style dominant Collier's "mega-ultra-super Lydian" Good "stinger" chord
voicing thing or whatever it's called