[HANASHIR:11763] Re: chord name clarification: 9 vs. add9

[Sholom Simon <sholom...>]

At 11:09 AM 6/19/2002 -0400, ekomar wrote: 
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> Chevrei - 
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> Please allow me to clarify an error often made regarding what is referred to as a "9" chord. I am talking about major chords with the 9th added to it. For instance, I have seen "C9" used to refer to a C with the 9th (D) played on the 3rd fret of the 2nd string, or "D9" for a D with the 1st string left open, revealing the 9th (E).
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> These beautiful sounding chords, which are found in a lot of today's music, are NOT "9" chords, but rather "add9" (See songs by Rick Recht, Dan Nichols, and other contemporaries in "The Complete Shireinu" as examples). 
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> A "9" chord is a COMPLETELY different chord. Rather than being based on a major chord, it is a 7 chord plus the 9th. E.g., an actual C9 is C E G Bb (the dominant 7th) and D (the 9th). D9 is D F# A C (the dominant 7th) and E (the 9th). 
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> The 9 chord is found extensively in jazz and blues. You will rarely hear a song from these genres that does not use it. But it is rarely used in Jewish, pop, or (non-bluesy) rock music, which most of us play.
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Thanks for the great explanation.  Permit me to throw in two more  cents:

The song "Taxi" by Harry Chapin has a (true) 9th chord -- one of the rare times I have seen it in non-jazz and blues tunes.  (The song "Stormy Monday Blues" by the Allman Bros is filled with 9th chords, to excellent effect).

Thanks also for diagramming the C9, indeed, it is the "standard" 9th, that can be moved up and down the fretts as you suggest.

There is a simple D9 chord, however -- simply play a standard D7 without the finger on the top E string.  The aforementioned "Taxi" starts off with alternating chords of D and D9 (in that position).  If you know the song, and start playing those two chords alternating, you'll recognize it immediately.

Let me also add, that just as a true 9th chord has a 7th, an 11th chord has a 7th and 9th, and a 13th chord has a 7th, 9th and 11th.

Thanks for the lesson "ekomar"!

-- Sholom



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