kind-value data type
A kind-value indicates the type of chord. Degree elements can then add, subtract, or alter from these starting points. The 11th and 13th values are usually used as a basis for alteration.
Base type: string
Allowed values
| augmented | Triad: major third, augmented fifth. |
|---|---|
| augmented-seventh | Seventh: augmented triad, minor seventh. |
| diminished | Triad: minor third, diminished fifth. |
| diminished-seventh | Seventh: diminished triad, diminished seventh. |
| dominant | Seventh: major triad, minor seventh. |
| dominant-11th | 11th: dominant-ninth, perfect 11th. |
| dominant-13th | 13th: dominant-11th, major 13th. |
| dominant-ninth | Ninth: dominant, major ninth. |
| French | Functional French sixth. |
| German | Functional German sixth. |
| half-diminished | Seventh: diminished triad, minor seventh. |
| Italian | Functional Italian sixth. |
| major | Triad: major third, perfect fifth. |
| major-11th | 11th: major-ninth, perfect 11th. |
| major-13th | 13th: major-11th, major 13th. |
| major-minor | Seventh: minor triad, major seventh. |
| major-ninth | Ninth: major-seventh, major ninth. |
| major-seventh | Seventh: major triad, major seventh. |
| major-sixth | Sixth: major triad, added sixth. |
| minor | Triad: minor third, perfect fifth. |
| minor-11th | 11th: minor-ninth, perfect 11th. |
| minor-13th | 13th: minor-11th, major 13th. |
| minor-ninth | Ninth: minor-seventh, major ninth. |
| minor-seventh | Seventh: minor triad, minor seventh. |
| minor-sixth | Sixth: minor triad, added sixth. |
| Neapolitan | Functional Neapolitan sixth. |
| none | Used to explicitly encode the absence of chords or functional harmony. In this case, the <root> <numeral>, or <function> element has no meaning. When using the <root> or <numeral> element, the <root-step> or <numeral-step> text attribute should be set to the empty string to keep the root or numeral from being displayed. |
| other | Used when the harmony is entirely composed of add elements. |
| pedal | Pedal-point bass |
| power | Perfect fifth. |
| suspended-fourth | Suspended: perfect fourth, perfect fifth. |
| suspended-second | Suspended: major second, perfect fifth. |
| Tristan | Augmented fourth, augmented sixth, augmented ninth. |