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Bluff your way, 9, 11, and sus4 chords.
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To begin with, try not to worry
about what these names are,
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what the theory behind it all is,
for now anyway.
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Just memorize the formulas,
use them in the exercises,
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and later on,
you'll understand it all better.
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So play first, ask questions later.
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It's like learning to drive.
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You don't need to know how the engine
works, you just learn certain things, and
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you drive and enjoy.
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So the more tunes that you play, you will
start to see chords with the number 9,
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11, or sus4 written after them.
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It's important to be able to play
them because they will add so
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much more color to your playing.
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And there will be a definite reason for
having these chords in a progression.
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So what I've done is just
devised one magic formula,
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which will let you bluff these
three types of chord in one go.
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It'll give you roughly the sound that
the composer of the song was wanting.
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Now, it may not work on every single 9,
11 or sus4 chord.
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And you will note when it doesn't work,
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you'll be able to hear
that something not right.
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But generally, it'll be close enough.
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So although all you need to do is memorize
the formula, I'm going to give you some
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idea where the numbers 9,
11, and sus4 come from.
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Part 1, where the numbers come from.
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Chords are based on scales, and chord note
numbers are derived from these scales.
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So for instance,
let's look at a C7 scale over two octaves.
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Okay, and you can count them,
one, two, three, four,
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five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten, eleven, and so on.
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So can you see where the 9 and
the 11 come in?
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And the four, two, three, four.
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[SOUND] Let's look at other chords.
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Chord of C uses one through five.
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C suspended fourth,
there's a fourth suspended in there.
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A chord of C plus is sharpened fifth.
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One, three, sharpened fifth.
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Chord of C6, one, three, five and six.
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Chord of C7, one,
three five and seven [SOUND].
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Chord of C9, and we'll add on five, seven,
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eight, nine, [SOUND] that's the nine.
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Chord of C11, we'll add on 11, 10, 11.
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[SOUND] All right?
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So you can see the top three
notes there are B flat, D, and F.
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All right, and the root of the chord is C.
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[SOUND] And that's what's gonna
give you that sound of a 9, 11.
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Okay, you play the 7 because the 7's
required when you extend the chord.
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[SOUND] And the 4th down here,
is already being played as the 11th.
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Don't worry why,
just remember the formula.
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All right, now you can look
at what I'm actually playing,
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I'm playing a C in the root.
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And in the right hand, you can see that
that's actually a major chord of B flat.
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Again, don't worry about the theory
of this, just see it as a formula.
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So, something easy to remember, okay?
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It's a major chord over the root of chord.
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Now, how do I find that
major chord easily?
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Well, if you look at the root, [SOUND] and
look at the root up here, [SOUND].
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I'm playing a major chord two left.
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All right?
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So, that's the formula, okay?
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The formula is to bluff Any particular 9,
11, or suspended fourth chord.
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The left hand plays the root
of the chord in the bass.
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And the right hand plays a major chord,
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whose root is two notes left of the root
chord in your right hand, okay?
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So the left hand, let's move it all down.
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So you're playing C9,
11, or suspended 4th.
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You play the root note C in the left hand.
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Then the right hand,
you go two notes left of the root.
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One two, and play a basic major chord,
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triad in the right hand [SOUND] and
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that'll give you your [SOUND] 9 and
11, okay?
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And remember always to count black keys
as well when you're counting down.
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Now, let's try some more examples of
bluffed 9, 11, suspended fourth chords.
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So the next page, try D9, D11, or D sus4.
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So, the formula is play the root
of the chord on the left hand.
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[SOUND] In the right hand, look for
the root, and go two left,
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so one, two, and
play a basic major triad chord, okay?
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[SOUND] All right, So,
that's C major over D [SOUND] that's
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giving you the seventh,
the ninth, and the eleventh.
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[SOUND] Don't worry about counting it,
or looking at it, or
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working out what the seven,
nine, eleven is.
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Just work out that you play
the D in your left hand.
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Go up to the D in your right hand,
but you've gone two left and
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played a major chord.
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[SOUND] So let's try the next one, B flat.
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The left hand does what it's told, it goes
straight to the B flat in the left hand.
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[SOUND] It doesn't do anything else.
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The right hand, you're gonna play B flat,
9, 11, or suspended 4th.
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So you go to the B flat, and you go
two left and you play a major chord.
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[SOUND] So A flat over the B flat
root [SOUND], can you hear the sound?
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Okay, let's try G9, 11, or sus 4.
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Left hand does what it's told, goes to G.
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Right?
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Right hand you can play up here or down
here, uou can go, let's try it up here.
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You go to the G, which is the root.
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You go to left, one, two, and
you play the major chord.
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All right, so that's F major over G.
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Let's try F 9, 11, or sus 4.
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So the left hand does what it's told,
goes for an F chord in the bass.
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[SOUND] Right hand goes to the F,
but goes two left, so one, two.
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Remember the kind of black chords,
black notes, okay?
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When you play a major chord best
of E flat for E flat major.
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And that's giving you the 9 and
the 11 and the 7, okay?
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[SOUND] Don't worry, but just remember
this is what you do to get a 9,
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11, or a sus4.
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Root note, go to the root,
go two left, play a major chord.
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[SOUND] Let's look at it one more time and
see.
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So you're playing C root.
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[SOUND] You go to the C in the right hand,
you go two left.
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[SOUND] All right.
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That's giving you 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
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[SOUND] And you can see the B flat over C.
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Very often, that sound will want to
resolve back into the root chord, so.
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And, you'll hear it a lot in your playing.