Get Chord

Tool name: get-chord

Parses a chord symbol and returns root, quality, notes, intervals, extensions, and bass.

Annotations

Hint	Value
readOnlyHint	✓
idempotentHint	✓
destructiveHint	—
openWorldHint	—

Input

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "symbol": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Chord symbol in pop/jazz notation (e.g. \"Cmaj7\", \"F#m7b5\", \"Gsus4\", \"Am/C\")."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "symbol"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output

Returned as structuredContent. The text rendering is a short human-readable summary.

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "root": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Root pitch class."
    },
    "quality": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Chord quality (e.g. \"Major\", \"Minor\", \"Augmented\")."
    },
    "notes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Pitch classes that make up the chord."
    },
    "intervals": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Intervals from the root for each chord tone."
    },
    "extensions": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Intervals at or above the 7th (extensions and tensions)."
    },
    "bass": {
      "description": "Bass note for slash chords (e.g. \"C\" in \"Am/C\"); omitted when same as root.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "root",
    "quality",
    "notes",
    "intervals",
    "extensions"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}