Chord Terminology

What is a chord?

What does 1 chord, 5 chord and so on mean?

The number represents the note in the scale - so a "1 chord" in C-Major simply means the C-Major chord. The "5 chord" would be G-Major.

What does add 9, add 11 mean?

What does sustained mean?

A "sus" chord is a chord with the middle note (todo: proper name here) moved up or down one step. So, sus2 is down, and a sus4 is up.

What does augmented mean?

Augment is to make larger - thats a good way to remember this one.

What does voicing mean?

What does inversion mean?