Hi
When you are building a chord, you take the notes from the Major scale right? But since there are only 7 notes in the scale, where does the 9 and 11īs come from when you make a chord like dmaj7add11?
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QUOTE (Gilmore @ Oct 30 2007, 07:24 PM) 
Hi
When you are building a chord, you take the notes from the Major scale right? But since there are only 7 notes in the scale, where does the 9 and 11īs come from when you make a chord like dmaj7add11?
When you are building a chord, you take the notes from the Major scale right? But since there are only 7 notes in the scale, where does the 9 and 11īs come from when you make a chord like dmaj7add11?
You start again at 8 an octave higher, so 9 is like a 2nd, 11 is like a 4th ...
Read my lesson on extended chords here!
Thank you Andrew.
I read the extended chord lesson, and now i understand this very well.
I read the extended chord lesson, and now i understand this very well.
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