These chords are based entirely on the shape that is created by the first position C major chord, Some shapes are used for all three 'major' chords and some are just used for one or two. These 'variations' are most commonly referred to as 'dominant' chords - The major shapes are closely or directly relative to the Minor Shapes C A G E D

Major C A G E D
Major	I. - IV. - IV.	I. - IV. - IV.
Major 7th	I. - IV.	I. - IV.	V.
Major 9th	I. - IV.	I. - IV. - V.
Major 11th	I. - V.	I. - V.	IV.
Major 13th / minor 7th	. I. - IV. - V.	I. - IV. - V.

These notes are not named C - the note with the 'white dot' is the naming-root tone, These shapes also will be used three times for each key, or once for each major tone (for the Key of C it would be C F G). A common shape based chord are 'dominant chords'...

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