question about forming 7ths, 9ths, etc..
Ok, I was reading a great article here awhile ago https://www.guitarnoise.com/lessons/building-additions-and-suspensions/ and came back to it today with some questions. I understand the theory behind forming these chords, but in the example Dhodge is using we are in the key of C. Let's say I wanted to make a D9, would I have to transpose everything over to the D major scale?? This goes for E9, A13, what have you.
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Pat
Transposing everything over to the scale in question would be one way to do it. This would require figuring out the proper scale and then using the intervals that you want to build the chord that you're after (just like you suggested). There is one other way to do it. Lets take your example of finding the notes in a D9 given the fact that you already know C9. Chords and scales are all about intervals (i.e. the distance between notes); no matter what key it's in, a 9 chord is built of the same intervals, just using a differnt note as your refrence point. So if we take the notes in the C9 and move each of them up two half-steps, we still have the structure of a 9 chord. Only know, we see that our C (our old refrence point) moved up two half-steps (C -> C# -> D), so our new reference point is a D. And there you have it, a D9 chord, only you never had to even think about the D major scale.
Both methods have their pros and cons, and learning to use them both can only help you :smile:
-Jason
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