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Subject: jazz chords
Original Message 1/12 14-Feb-00 @ 02:05 PM - jazz chords
Message 2/12 14-Feb-00 @ 04:11 PM - RE: jazz chords
Hope this may help.
Ian Rhodes
Message 3/12 15-Feb-00 @ 12:13 AM - RE: jazz chords
Message 4/12 15-Feb-00 @ 09:22 AM - RE: jazz chords
Message 5/12 17-Feb-00 @ 10:12 PM - RE: jazz chords
That tends to covers jazzy-souding stuff, because when you add extra voices to 7ths you end up with new intervals that give 9ths, 11ths, 13ths etc.
Guitar is a fun instrument for playing around with this stuff.
n u c l e o n i c
Message 6/12 18-Feb-00 @ 08:30 PM - RE: jazz chords
Message 7/12 19-Feb-00 @ 12:07 AM - RE: jazz chords
In the key of C frinstance, your diatonic triads (chords you can make with three fingers) are:
C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, and Bdim
As you use more fingers you get the diatonic chords plus their extensions. You can substitute these for the triads for different flavors. Examples:
I: C, CM7, C6, C9, C6/9, CM9, CM13
ii: Dm, Dm7, Dm7/11, Dm9, Dm11
iii: Em, Em7, Em7/11
IV: F, FM7, F6, F9, F6/9, FM9, FM13, F9+11, F6/9+11, FM7+11, FM9+11
V: G, G7, G7/6, G9, G13, Gsus, G7sus, G9sus, G13sus, G6, G7/11
vi: Am, Am7, Am7/11, Am9, Am11,
vii: Bdim, Bm7b5, Bm7b5/11, Bm7/11 with no 5th
Whew!
So, say you had a I - iii - IV - V - I progression.
Thats C - Em - F - G - C
You could instead go:
C - Em7 - F9 - G7sus - CM7 or
C - Em7/11 - F9 - G9 - CM7 or
C6/9-C7 - Em7-Em7b9 - FM7-F6/9 - G11-G7/6 - C6/9
Those old school jazz guys were good, eh. They not only used these chords, but used different inversions of them, sometimes spreading them out across the keys for a light, airy feeling; sometimes playing them it dense little note clusters; using internal voice leading so there would be melodic content within the chord structure; and sometimes leaving notes out to only hint at the chords.
If you're really wanting to get into this stuff, you probably ought to get a book on the subject, even if you're only going to punch your chords into a sequencer.
Message 8/12 19-Feb-00 @ 12:18 AM - RE: jazz chords
Message 9/12 19-Feb-00 @ 10:34 PM - RE: jazz chords
n u c l e o n i c
Message 10/12 07-Mar-00 @ 01:52 PM - RE: jazz chords
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