Members raggety Posted February 15, 2005 Members Share Posted February 15, 2005 what makes a chord an Add9 ? i know a normal 9th chord is frorm the next octave or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terje Posted February 15, 2005 Members Share Posted February 15, 2005 From what I've understood, and please someone correct me if I'm wrong, it simply means that you add the 9th to a normal (in this case major) triad. A C9 is a C7 with the 9th on top, notes being C E G Bb D. It's a dominiant 7th chord really, with some added color. A Cadd9 would be C E G D. Very cute sounding chord. Don't play it too often or you will soon be gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members minorpentatonic Posted February 15, 2005 Members Share Posted February 15, 2005 An add9 chord is like a 9th chord except that the 7th is omitted. So while a C7 is C, E, G, Bb a Cadd9 is C, E, G, D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members raggety Posted February 15, 2005 Author Members Share Posted February 15, 2005 Originally posted by Terje From what I've understood, and please someone correct me if I'm wrong, it simply means that you add the 9th to a normal (in this case major) triad. A C9 is a C7 with the 9th on top, notes being C E G Bb D. It's a dominiant 7th chord really, with some added color. A Cadd9 would be C E G D. Very cute sounding chord. Don't play it too often or you will soon be gay. aha i kinda see now! its a very cool sounding chord is the Add9,not Gay more bisexual i have been playing this sweet litlle chord proggy using ADD9's, it sounds well nice they don't seem to have much common usage in music {AFAIK???} terje you certainly know ya musical stuff, where did you learn so much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members raggety Posted February 15, 2005 Author Members Share Posted February 15, 2005 Originally posted by minorpentatonic An add9 chord is like a 9th chord except that the 7th is omitted. So while a C7 is C, E, G, Bb a Cadd9 is C, E, G, D. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terje Posted February 16, 2005 Members Share Posted February 16, 2005 Originally posted by raggety its a very cool sounding chord is the Add9,not Gay more bisexual Yeah, that's whatyou think at first. Then you play it too often and soon enough you'll only be dating people of your own sex. Happens to everyone. That's why people don't play this chord that often. terje you certainly know ya musical stuff, where did you learn so much? They're called books. They've got words and stuff in them. You read the words and eventually you learn new things. I have a friend also who taught me a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edeltorus Posted February 16, 2005 Members Share Posted February 16, 2005 Originally posted by Terje It's a dominiant 7th chord really, with some added color. That's debatable. Sure an added 9 is a hint that a 7th exists, but add9 chords are very often used over the tonic and subdominant context (where the maj7 would be the right choice instead of a dominant 7th). Btw, I play add9 chords a lot, and I'm still not gay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lazaraga Posted February 16, 2005 Members Share Posted February 16, 2005 Originally posted by edeltorus That's debatable. Sure an added 9 is a hint that a 7th exists, but add9 chords are very often used over the tonic and subdominant context (where the maj7 would be the right choice instead of a dominant 7th). Btw, I play add9 chords a lot, and I'm still not gay didn't the steely dan guys have some running joke about add9 chords, calling them "mu chords"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members raggety Posted February 16, 2005 Author Members Share Posted February 16, 2005 Originally posted by Terje They're called books. They've got words and stuff in them. You read the words and eventually you learn new things. . Miaaowww!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members raggety Posted February 16, 2005 Author Members Share Posted February 16, 2005 Originally posted by lazaraga didn't the steely dan guys have some running joke about add9 chords, calling them "mu chords"? what does mu chords mean ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lazaraga Posted February 16, 2005 Members Share Posted February 16, 2005 Originally posted by raggety what does mu chords mean ?????? mu is a greek letter, i think they were trying to be mockingly erudite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edeltorus Posted February 16, 2005 Members Share Posted February 16, 2005 Oh well, I remember the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members raggety Posted February 16, 2005 Author Members Share Posted February 16, 2005 Originally posted by edeltorus I mean - these guys claim to have invented the add9-chord. It can't get more stupid than that. yeh and elvis invented rock n roll i was thinkin 'mu' as in Zen buddhism A monk asked Chao-chou, "Has the dog Buddha nature or not?" Chao-chou said, "Mu." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vote4dicktaid Posted February 16, 2005 Members Share Posted February 16, 2005 Originally posted by edeltorus That's debatable. Sure an added 9 is a hint that a 7th exists, but add9 chords are very often used over the tonic and subdominant context (where the maj7 would be the right choice instead of a dominant 7th). Btw, I play add9 chords a lot, and I'm still not gay He was talking about 7-9 chords in this case, though. So I think you are in agreement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lazaraga Posted February 16, 2005 Members Share Posted February 16, 2005 Originally posted by edeltorus Oh well, I remember the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terje Posted February 16, 2005 Members Share Posted February 16, 2005 Originally posted by edeltorus That's debatable. No it'snot. The "it" I was refering to was a C9 chord, not Cadd9. Read carefully and this should be clear to you. A C9 is a C7 with a 9th on top, a dominant 7th chord with some extra color. An add9 chord is not dominant forall I know. It sure doens't sound that way. So, that would not have been debatable either, but that was n't what I was talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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