Block Chords and Broken Chords

Block chords occur when all of the
notes of a chord are played simultaneously in one solid “block”.
The following shows examples of block chords.




Block Chords


Broken chords occur when the notes of a
chord are not played simultaneously. There are many types of patterns
possible for broken chords. The following example shows a set of
block chords, and then the same set of chords as broken