Dallas Marlow
Active member
Hey guys,
I'm working on playing the extensions with 7th chords and found a really neat way to think of it for others trying to learn from it.
So lets say you have a Bb7 chord Bb D F Ab right? Well all you need to know for the 9, #11, 13 is either think of the 9th if you already know that (C) or think of it as whatever the 2nd scale degree is diatonic to the key again C, and build a major triad off of it.
So it gives you C E G, it's #11 because remember in the key of Bb you have Bb and Eb, so diatonically you have a Eb rather than the E natural in the C major triad. In effect just build a major triad off the 9th (2nd scale degree raised an octave) and over whatever chord your playing you will automatically know those three extensions! Kind of a nifty trick if you want to think of it that way!
Dallas
I'm working on playing the extensions with 7th chords and found a really neat way to think of it for others trying to learn from it.
So lets say you have a Bb7 chord Bb D F Ab right? Well all you need to know for the 9, #11, 13 is either think of the 9th if you already know that (C) or think of it as whatever the 2nd scale degree is diatonic to the key again C, and build a major triad off of it.
So it gives you C E G, it's #11 because remember in the key of Bb you have Bb and Eb, so diatonically you have a Eb rather than the E natural in the C major triad. In effect just build a major triad off the 9th (2nd scale degree raised an octave) and over whatever chord your playing you will automatically know those three extensions! Kind of a nifty trick if you want to think of it that way!
Dallas