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oh heavens, what will happen when i have to play a sus13 or a #9b9#11 chord! chordbook.com doesn't have them, so who else will??? oh whatever will i do?!

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fatjack wrote:
oh heavens, what will happen when i have to play a sus13 or a #9b9#11 chord! chordbook.com doesn't have them, so who else will??? oh whatever will i do?!

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haha

man im glad i never play #9b9#11 chords in my band...
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shane wrote:
fatjack wrote:
oh heavens, what will happen when i have to play a sus13 or a #9b9#11 chord! chordbook.com doesn't have them, so who else will??? oh whatever will i do?!

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haha

man im glad i never play #9b9#11 chords in my band...
i dont think anyone has ever ACTUALLY played one on a gutiar, considering that chord is impossible to play on an instrument that can only plays six different tones at once...
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fatjack wrote:
shane wrote:
fatjack wrote:
oh heavens, what will happen when i have to play a sus13 or a #9b9#11 chord! chordbook.com doesn't have them, so who else will??? oh whatever will i do?!

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haha

man im glad i never play #9b9#11 chords in my band...
i dont think anyone has ever ACTUALLY played one on a gutiar, considering that chord is impossible to play on an instrument that can only plays six different tones at once...
well.... like ya told me.. importance of intervals ;)

i wonder what it sounds like.... who can record a piano?
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shane wrote:
fatjack wrote:
shane wrote:
fatjack wrote:
oh heavens, what will happen when i have to play a sus13 or a #9b9#11 chord! chordbook.com doesn't have them, so who else will??? oh whatever will i do?!

:roll:
haha

man im glad i never play #9b9#11 chords in my band...
i dont think anyone has ever ACTUALLY played one on a gutiar, considering that chord is impossible to play on an instrument that can only plays six different tones at once...
well.... like ya told me.. importance of intervals ;)
yeah, true but the importance of intervals in most cases has to do with what's being played in the melody, so chances are if you come across a #9b9#11 chord, those three tones are probably being played by the horn section
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I think a good thing for you to do is learn how chords are named. That way you'll know which notes form the chords you are to play. Check out this site: http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory17.htm#namechords

Read this as well (but specifically #6): http://www.musicarrangers.com/star-theo ... i?b=chords

Good luck, man. I hope these sites can help you out.
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fatjack wrote:or you could ACTUALLY learn how to construct these chords so you won't have to memorize a bunch of common voicings that EVERYONE uses
You can't be serious. Ubiquitous, first position chords rock off my socks,
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like i said.. i want to learn eventually, but i don't have time to right now..
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captainp4 wrote:so yea.. i'm playing guitar in my school's jazz band this year and i the teacher handed out the sheet music and got a blank stare from me..

i know how to count, i know basic theory .. i played trumpet for 5 years so i know how to read music and such..


but i don't know the names of all the chords on the guitar.. i was wondering if there is a program that i could type the chords into and get a tab version of the sheet music that i have..

i know, i'll never learn this way, but i need to be able to play while i'm there and i want to learn the right way eventually, but i just don't have the time right now, so ... any help would be appreciated.

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Sciaracastro wrote:
captainp4 wrote:so yea.. i'm playing guitar in my school's jazz band this year and i the teacher handed out the sheet music and got a blank stare from me..

i know how to count, i know basic theory .. i played trumpet for 5 years so i know how to read music and such..


but i don't know the names of all the chords on the guitar.. i was wondering if there is a program that i could type the chords into and get a tab version of the sheet music that i have..

i know, i'll never learn this way, but i need to be able to play while i'm there and i want to learn the right way eventually, but i just don't have the time right now, so ... any help would be appreciated.

thanks,
paul
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thanks, i'll check it out.
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Post by TimmyThing »

just get a chord book, it'll have what probably have everything you need, or at least something close
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just understand what you're playing and then get away from the traditional stuff like someone mentioned, it'll get you by but eventually make it your own
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Just learn theory. Names of chords won't matter because you'll know how to figure them out, just like a math problem.
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fatjack wrote:or you could ACTUALLY learn how to construct these chords so you won't have to memorize a bunch of common voicings that EVERYONE uses
no fucking way!

people actually know how to construct chords??


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captainp4 wrote:that should help some .. thanks.
but what i'm really looking for is a program where i can type Cm7 Bb6 AbMAJ7 and have it write up a tab for me.

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http://hatbox.lib.virginia.edu/gtrchord/gtrchord/

Now you can find those m7b5 's a little easier :D Jack if you can write out a chord chart for 6 Am7b5 's in .2 seconds (like this page can) congrats, but dont hate on this dude for tryin to find another way to learn. :wink:
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