[Doug]

I'm trying to figure out a fingering for a Bb9(#11) chord. It's one of those squished Bossa Nova chords.
Am I right to say that this chord is made up of B, D#, F#, C and E#?
Somewhere around the fifth fret would be perfect.

thanks,
Doug

[allthumbs]

Try barre the 5 fret and fret the D string 6th fret. Don't play the 1 or 6 string. The intervals are from bottom to top 3,b7,9,#11.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by allthumbs

Try barre the 5 fret and fret the D string 6th fret. Don't play the 1 or 6 string. The intervals are from bottom to top 3,b7,9,#11.

Thanks, Allthumbs
barring the 5th and playing 6th fret on D string would give a D, G#, G, C and E wouldn't it?

in the key of B the notes are as follows (again, I think):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
B C# D# E F# G# A#

So a B7 would have: B D# F# and A
adding a flattened 9 and a sharpened 11 would add a C and an E# (or F). A real kitchen sink chord.

If I leave the 3, and 5 out (don't have enough fingers) maybe I could do this and still capture the flavour of the chord...

----------x---
----------6--- (E#) #11
----------5--- (C) b9
----------7--- (A) b7
----------x---
----------7--- (B) 1


Would it be better to keep the 3 and drop the 7th? When you have a 9 and 11 is the 3 more important than the 7? I could do that this way...


----------x---
----------6--- (E#) #11
----------5--- (C) b9
----------x---
----------6--- (D#) 3
----------7--- (B) 1


Thanks for the input, Allthumbs.

[allthumbs]

Your second post is describing a B chord, not a Bb chord. To figure out what interval to play for an extension you just have to subtract 7 from the extention. Therefore 11# - 7= 4#. That means you want to add a #4 an octave higher( usually) to get an#11th chord.
You will have to redo those chord examples


Check out the Bb9(#11) here. It is much easier to see than describe.

http://www.looknohands.com/chordhous.../index_rb.html
chord house ::: guitar room (advanced) -- online guitar chords and scales

[Doug]

Oh, I see. Thanks, Allthumbs.
I thought the flat described the 9 not the chord itself. So I thought it was a B (b9)(#11) not a (Bb)9(#11).
So in that case, the notes would be...

1 Bb, 3 D, 5 F, b7 Ab, 9 C, #11 E

Which would give what you posted first (except it might be good to include the root - 6th fret 6th string).

That'll teach me for questioning you
But I learned something.

thanks again.

[allthumbs]

"That'll teach me for questioning you" . Don't stop questioning what anyone says. We all can have a bad day. I have made some whoppers on this forum from time to time.

[Kirk Lorange]

Try this one:

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1
1
0
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X

[737blues]

Well, just off the top of my head .....

E7/5+/A#
C9/5+
A#9/5-
Cadd9/5+/A#
D7sus2/5-/A#
G#add13-/5-/A#
E7add13-/5-
D7sus2add13-/5-
G#13-/5-

Alright, maybe just a little bit of help from GP5 ......

[Doug]

Originally Posted by Kirk Lorange

Try this one:

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1
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X

looks like a good one - and all in the right order too. I'll try it out. Thanks.