I understand that the dominant 7th can only be/best used in the V position. Is there a similar rule for the 9ths, 11ths, & 13ths?
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Generally speaking, chords can be grouped as having similar attributes. I more or less think of all minor chords as similar, all major, all diminished, all dominant etc.
7ths and 9ths are very often interchangeable, 11ths and 13ths will also work as good substitutes but I’d always let the melody of the song dictate.
This subject could get quite complex but I don’t think there’s any need to unless you want to get very seriously into theory (I’d have to revise chord function myself to even discuss it).
Jazz musicians will have their own ideas of substitutes for all types of chords, they won’t necessarily translate well to other styles of music though.
For me personally, I mostly just think of chords as grouped by their type as I’ve said above.
As always, if something sounds good then go for it, no rules.
Thank you so much! I should mention I play funk rock. Been watching a lot of YouTube videos and digging into different websites. It’s all starting to make sense now. I went thru all of the questions here and didn’t want to make the same mistakes they did. They didn’t review your entire site and just went straight to asking a question. You’ve been very nice about it. Being home bored all day has really helped me gain this knowledge. I’m not looking to play jazz so I don’t plan on going that deep with theory. Again… Truly appreciate your help. In the future if I have any questions I’ll try to exhaust all other resources and will be more precise.
I don’t know loads about funk but it does take some jazz influence without going too far off the rails. If this is your thing I’d recommend checking out some of the Licklibrary.com stuff, I know they have a few videos for this genre and the instructors are normally very good. Right now they’re doing a half price sale I believe for video downloads, worth having a look.
As for the questions people asking here, I don’t mind because it’s more content for my site plus at the moment the search isn’t working properly, yet to be fixed.
