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Old 06-11-2018, 11:55 PM
wildisthewind wildisthewind is offline
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Since practical advice on voiceleading and the importance of context has already been offered, I'll just throw in a few of my favorites. See if you can find how they move to or from other chords.

B+#9:
Code:
7 x 7 8 8 10
B^6:
Code:
7 x 6 7 8 x
(for one famous usage, see https://youtu.be/htc7nJDyg_A?t=1m39s)

Bm69:
Code:
7 x 6 7 7 9
or
Code:
x 2 0 1 2 2
B13(b9):
Code:
7 x 7 5 4 4
Bm9:
Code:
7 9 x 7 10 9
or the more common
Code:
x 2 0 2 2 (2)
B^9(13):
Code:
7 x 8 8 9 9
(the only voicing I could find when learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnv1qdi-lx0)

Oh and, recently, whatever this thing is:
Code:
7 x 7 6 6 x
- I think it's a B9b5 with the 3rd omitted (76766x) but I like using it in place of the F# augmented chord.

One thing to notice is how little-used the unaltered 5 is in jazz voicings. This is especially true on guitar, where it's usually the first thing to go when building a chord with multiple extensions ("color" notes, above the 7th). Also, basically everything in jazz has a 7th, whether dominant, major, or diminished.
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