need a chord / voicing?

The ideas on this page are directed towards solving musical puzzles. For when putting together arrangements of songs for performance by harmonizing the melody, we can encounter pitches without a chord, or non chord tone melody pitches for the harmony written, or we may just want to use a different chord than what is written, termed substitution by players. So, where do we start. Well, lets say that the melody note is the pitch C. What chords can this pitch be a part of? Here is a chart generating chords for the pitch C as it assumes various chord tones within tertian harmony, i.e., chords built in thirds. Of course, any color tone extensions and chord inversions are possible from the chords created n'est pas? Example 1.

pitch interval above root chords created spelling of chord pitches
C root
C major
C minor
C E G
C Eb G
C minor 2nd / b9 B 7b9
B D# F# A C
C major 2nd / major 9th Bb 9
Bb D F Ab C
C minor 3rd / # 9
A minor
A 7 #9
A C E
A C# E G B# (C)
C major 3rd Ab major
Ab C Eb
C perfect 4th / 11th G min 11
G Bb D F A C
C augmented 4 / b5 / # 11
Gb 7b5
Gb maj 9 #11
Gb Bb Dbb Fb
Gb Bb Db F Ab C
C perfect 5th
F major
F minor
F A C
F Ab C
C augmented 5th
E major +5
E minor 6
E G# C
E G B C
C major 6th / 13th Eb major 6
Eb G Bb C
C minor 7th
D 7
D min 7
D F# A C
D F A C
C major 7th
Db maj 7
Db min / maj 7th
Db F Ab C
Db Fb Ab C

Here is the sound of the above chart. One measure per entry, so 12 bars. Example 2.

   C maj    C min B 7 b9 Bb 9 A -  A 7#9

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   Ab major   G min 11 Gb 7b5

Gb maj 9#11

 F major

F minor

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E major+5  E - 6 Eb maj 6 D 7    D -7 Db maj 7

Db min / maj 7

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I guess the idea here is that any pitch can become any member of any scale or any chord? Meaning, anything from anywhere? Exactly.

Where to next?
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