heyho andrew,
i got a little question!!
my teacher wants me to build up a chord like this.
now i wanted to ask you if there are notes which HAVE to be in it...
of courst i need :
D ( ofc. root note
)
F (3rd)
A (5th)
Cis (maj7)
G (11 -subdominante)
Aha, not so fast! Lets look at that in a little more detail ...
Dmaj7add11 is simply a Dmajor7 and an 11th. If he had said Dmaj11, that would have been slightly different, that would be a regular stacked chord that would have automatically included a 9th.
So, first we make a D major triad:
D is the root
F# is a major 3rd
A is a 5th
You actually had a minor 3rd which would have taken us off in a different direction (Dminormajor7+11).
Next, we need to make it a major 7th, so we would add a C# (you had a C, which is a Dominant 7th).
Now we have a D major 7 (D, F#, A, C#) we would simply add an 11th to it which is a G as you correct;y point out. If we wanted a 9th in there too that would be an E, but see above, we don't need it.
So, we are shooting for D,F#,A,C#,G
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now is there a rule which determines if i can get rid of some of them or their importance...
i mean can i for example miss the 5th and play the 2th or so?
or have to be all of them included.. i mean i got a chord with more than 6 notes how can i play it? some note has to be less important than another... so can i choose which one i miss.. like the one that i dont like ?
Well, in this case you need them all as they all have a function.
D is the root.
F# is the 3rd which makes it major and not minor
A is the 5th - we rarely if ever miss out the 5th
C# is the major 7th, without this we couldn;t very well call it a Dmaj7+11
And Gis the 11th, a similar argument applies.
For more complex stacked chords like a regular 11thm you can miss out the 7th and 9th if you want to. Also, you can look at the chord in the context of the whole mix and in some cases other instruments can supply missing notes, allowing you to cut the guitar notes down to a manageable number.
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and also he told me to start building a chord for example starting on the high e string but starting with the 5th up.. hmm im confused right now because how can i see fast which tone has to be the next one in line?
i tried it with intervalls but after some time i got stucked oO
do i have to move down in building order? so i start with the 5th than the 3rd than the root than the add11 and finally the maj7 ??
5th fret on the E string would be an A which is in our chord which is ok. The way to proceed from there is to move down a string, look what notes are within a few frets of the 5th, and add them in if they are in the chord. Eventually this way you can build up a whole chord. In fact, its best to make your lowest note the root, and try to keep extension notes such as 7,9,11 higher than the 3rd and 5th, but duplicating 3rd and 5th or root is always possible.
That's about it!
I discuss some of this in my lessons on
7ths and
extended chords.