d min7 add4 chord

[Timbell]

Reading through In the 80's by mintzer for my school's jazz band. I am reading from the piano chart, and came got confused when I encountered a Dmi7 add4 chord, with these can I play the d min 7 without the 4 or replace my 7th with the 4? how do you approach a voicing or re harmonization of this chord?

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

Dmin7(add4) = D F A C G

On guitar, my first choice is to drop the fifth (since it's implied by the root) and replace it with the fourth, for example:

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I wouldn't replace the 3rd with the 4th (that's a sus) and you lose the minor sound of the 3rd.

If you are playing with a bass player, you can leave the bass note to him:

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You can also play the "so what" chord:

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[Timbell]

thank you very much, i will practice all of these voicings and see how they sound in the ensemble.

[Reg]

Again what's the tune... I've played gigs with Mintzer, His harmonies are usually fairly groove orientated and usually wants a blanket or full chord when he notates Dmin7 add 4 or simply D-11.

[cosmic gumbo]

Originally Posted by Timbell

Reading through In the 80's by mintzer

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[Reg]

Thanks Cosmo... I'm blind.
Yea... great tune. So were both your chord questions from that chart...
That's a fairly straight ahead latin groove tune. A little camouflaged.
I hear D- as tonal center or I and the G- or Csus as IV- or bVII etc...
Like a 16 bar latin blues.
If you think of the tonal areas as combinations of harmonies. Csus as combination of G- and C7 and the D area as combination of Dsus, Blues notes and also can be V of the G-. The point is there are options of how to create grooves or montuno like feels. Your not simply going to play one chord. Think of moving part inside your comping.
Here's a possible sample of what you could play, at least while solo is going on. When backgrounds start it's not as loose... you should lock into a repeating comp part that works with backgrounds...

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