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x 0 x x x x (that's the bottom A lol)
x x x 7 8 8 (2 4ths, starting on the C of A penta)
x x x 4 5 5
x x 7 7 8 x
x x 4 4 5 x
Etc.
Explore that for starters.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I'll look into those songs @bigjon. What's the deal with all the sus 2 chords? I often like playing the Andy summers add 9 shape from message in a bottle (I think it's add 9 anyway!) and has a similar voice to a sus 2, but they don't sound jazzy.
How would you play a major or a minor chord in quartal harmony? Sus2 chords may work but lack the thirds so the voicing is "empty" - is this where a cracking bassist comes in to fix the voicing?
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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A very common voicing of this triad in pop piano (e.g. Bruce Hornsby) is C F G C low to high, same notes whether played as Csus4 or Fsus2. On guitar this would be x x 10 10 8 8. Also works really well over a D bass as a Dm7add11, over Eb as Eb6add9, over G as G7sus4, over Ab as Abmaj7add13, and over Bb as Bbsus2add13!!
So add a Bb and an Eb on top of the G C F sus4 triad and you get a Cm7add11/G chord 33334x (that's essentially the chord used in 'So What' - its a lot easier to play than it is to describe!)
Likewise, add a D then an A going downwards below the G C F sus2 triad and you get an F6add9/A chord 55556x a La 'Peg' by Steely Dan.
Other than that, that sounds useful. So... Just try them over different bass notes? Are jazz basslines generally quite boring to let jazz chords work then?
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Yes! But if I am going to be a pedantic git then it's a major 6th, not a sharpened 6th! As above, a vamp is like an improvised accompaniment. I can say to my band, just vamp on D whilst I tune up/get a drink etc. They'll just play until I cue them in.
that's why I said sharpened not sharp - I was using the verb to indicate the difference, sharpened by one semitone, from the minor 6th of Aeolian. You can't say majored.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
So, for example: D,G,C in fourths vertically across the fretboard or inverted as C, G, D in fifths diagonally across the fretboard.
Close voicing is when the notes are within an octave.
Open voicing is when the notes are more than an octave.
Spread voicing is an Open voicing when the Root note is in the bass. (Pads)
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