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As I said, go through some lead sheets, here or online. It's really very easy once you start looking at it. Really.
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10-31-2019 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by christianm77
Dm/maj9 maybe.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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I did see this once but it's rare. I think this is shorthand for the 3rd in the bass. Not usually written like that, though.
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Originally Posted by shrews824
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Okay!
It's actually rare that you'll come across something completely obscure. Most of it is simple. I'll see if I can find one of those 'continental' sheets. They can be hard work.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Understood.
Well, Joe Pass once famously said 'If it's hard, don't play it'. He meant that you don't have to twist your fingers into knots or bust your ligaments trying to span 7 frets or something. Most of these 'jazz' grips are simple enough.
There's the m7 shape. That's, say, an Am7 played 5x555x. 2nd finger on the bass and 3rd finger making a bar across. That's common, and okay once you've got it.
There's a small stretch like, say, a D13 played xx4557. Fingerwise that's xx1224 (the 2nd finger covers two strings).
Stuff like that.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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What do mean maj7(9)? Did you see that on a sheet?
Normally that's just written maj9 or M9. When they put things in brackets it's usually a suggestion. You could play it as a M7 or M9 if you want.
What was the shape? Was it, say, CM9? That would be played x3243x.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by christianm77
Would you have an example pic of one of those odd chord notation boxes, usually handwritten, where they get all the symbols in the wrong order? I think they're continental or european, gypsy maybe.
Do you know what I mean? There are some on the threads somewhere but god knows where.
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Never seen that sort of fiasco.
In French and Brazilian charts I often see C7M instead Cmaj7
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There are some basic standards , but a lot of it is personal preference , in terms of what chord symbols people use. I would start with the real book. Look at the chord changes and be able to read and understand all the chord symbols which are used in the real book. Then, it would probably be helpful look at some big-band charts , as they will span greater periods of time and show you some of the older notation variants.
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Originally Posted by ragman1
printable guitar chord chart
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Can I be honest? Not the best site. They should just write CM9 if that's what they mean, and they do mean that.
Try this, from this very site. Don't try to learn dozens of chords all at once. Get a simple tune like Autumn Leaves and find the chords for it. Then try another one in a different key. Applied, you'll learn much, much faster.
Easy Jazz Guitar Chords (Tabs & Chord Charts)
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Originally Posted by ragman1
Also, I already had the "Easy Jazz Guitar Chords" bookmarked so as to quickly refer to it and I think I'll use that quite a bit.
To be honest, I wasn't trying to learn all the different chords at once. I saw a jazz chart and was just reading over it when I saw the "+" and the "-" and just wanted some clarification as to what they meant.
Thanks again for all the info and interpretations.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
http://www.jazzbanjo.nl/files/Anthol...z_3mt5jg22.pdf
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by grahambop
Thanks, I shan't be referring to that very often
Just seen:
WT*?
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Originally Posted by shrews824
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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