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    Hi everybody,

    i would like to know how many type of chord i can use to end a minor tune.

    For example if i play a tune in C minor, can i use a tritone chord with the major seventh and sharp eleventh(F#maj7#11)? Pat Metheny use this alternative sometimes..

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    I'd need to hear an example of that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fra88
    Hi everybody,

    i would like to know how many type of chord i can use to end a minor tune.

    For example if i play a tune in C minor, can i use a tritone chord with the major seventh and sharp eleventh(F#maj7#11)? Pat Metheny use this alternative sometimes..
    Youtube link?

    Lately, I've been watching videos on Bill Evans, and I'm starting to think guitarists are too conservative in their chord choices.


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    Mi6 sounds good in a lot of situations, but not all.

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    Yeah I'd say min 6 or minmaj7...maybe throw in a 9th

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    X04554 is cool, I learned that in some gypsy jazz thing

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    minor add 2 is a nice, simple chord, if you don't want fancy.

    A minor add 2: x02415

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    The James Bond chord: min/maj9

    In E: 0 10 9 8 7 0


    Although, I like the unexpected ending of a major flavored chord...very baroque or something. Probably got my period wrong...

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles

    A minor add 2: x02415
    I can't play that!

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    Yes, I saw this earlier and was going to say all those. But you did say Cm.

    There's Cm/M9.

    81098810

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    Quote Originally Posted by ragman1
    I can't play that!
    Why not? Religious objections, union rules?

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    I keed, I keed! You could drop the treble A. If you want an A on top:

    A minor (add 2): x09555

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
    Why not? Religious objections, union rules?
    I can do it if I try really hard but it's not an easy grab. And it hurts! Slightly easier on the 4th/5th fret in Cm but even so.

    Wouldn't bother, personally, I'd do something else. Sorry!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles

    A minor (add 2): x09555
    In movable form:

    A minor (add 2): 579555

    Major version (more challenging)

    A Major (add 2): 579655

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    Min6 maj7. xx7887 Instant noir jazz. The James Bond chord would work too. All are my favs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
    In movable form:

    A minor (add 2): 579555
    May as well play x05500. Just as good. No strain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ragman1
    May as well play x05500. Just as good. No strain.
    True, if you ignore the most important word in my post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
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    I keed, I keed! You could drop the treble A. If you want an A on top:

    A minor (add 2): x09555
    Well now, c'mon, you gotta add a low F# on that and ditch the open A

    Johnny Smith chords...gotta love em.

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    8x88 10 10
    thumb over

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    I seem to remember from music school the "Picardy Third" named after Captain Picard of the Starship Enterprise.

    The first ten seconds of this video has great example with explanation following:


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    Quote Originally Posted by Onlyserious
    I seem to remember from music school the "Picardy Third" named after Captain Picard of the Starship Enterprise.

    The first ten seconds of this video has great example with explanation following:

    Any well known examples of jazz tunes that end on a Picardy Third?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
    Any well known examples of jazz tunes that end on a Picardy Third?

    Great question!!! I can't think of any off the top of my head. So let me think.


    Hmmm. Jazz is very bluesy, so ending on a somewhat sad and minor sound seems..... apropos.


    But OTOH - jazz was spawned in various New Orleans brothels so......... a, er, "happy ending" would also seem apropos.

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    OK, since I brought the Picardy skunk to the garden party, I'll admit I can't think of a jazz example.

    The most obvious, well known tune that occurs to me is the ending of Classical Gas.

    I have stuck a Picardy third on to end Stolen Moments, but you wouldn't have heard it...

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    Bach used a Picardy third pretty frequently; you're not gonna get better validation than that!

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    Quote Originally Posted by whiskey02
    Bach used a Picardy third pretty frequently; you're not gonna get better validation than that!
    Now we are getting somewhere!


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    What is this thing called love?

    Although it‘s not really minor, it changes all the time.


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