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Minor Add9 Arpeggios


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Hi.

 

I added something new to my trickback over the last weeks, and I want to share them with you.

 

The add9 arpeggio. It sounds nice, it's easy to play, easy to memorize. Best of all: it sounds neither jazzy nor bluesy.

 

That's the pattern I play (in a-minor. lowest note is the root.)

 

minor add9 arpeggio

 

|----------------------------12----|

|------------------10-12-13--------|

|----------------9-----------------|

|---------7-9-10-------------------|

|-------7--------------------------|

|-5-7-8----------------------------|

 

If you play this from the aeolian box position you have a nice diagonal run up to the phrygian box. That's convenient for me 'cause I tend to play my solo climax in this position (don't ask me why - it just works).

 

Two other variants also sound nice and are just extensions to the above:

 

minor add9 + b5

Gives the arpeggio a gloomy flavour without sounding to eastern and exotic.

 

|-------------------------------11-12----|

|----------------------10-12-13----------|

|------------------8-9-------------------|

|-----------7-9-10-----------------------|

|-------6-7------------------------------|

|-5-7-8----------------------------------|

 

 

minor add9 + b6

More on the bright and airy side. If I'm not mistaken it's equal to a maj7 add4 on the VI grade of the aeolian mode (or Cmaj7 add4 in this example).

 

|--------------------------------12-13----|

|-----------------------10-12-13----------|

|------------------9-10-------------------|

|-----------7-9-10------------------------|

|-------7-8-------------------------------|

|-5-7-8-----------------------------------|

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The min add 9 +6 is either the natural or hamonic minor without the 4 or 7. If you throw in the 7 of the harmonic minor, it starts to sound pretty eastern to me.

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