I’ve been working on a new series of video lessons for GT on the the topic of Extended Harmony Chords.

An extended chord is one in which the triadic formation process has been extended beyond the normal three notes that form basic major and minor chords. Basic major and minor chords only necessarily contain the
1st, 3rd and 5th scale degrees.  Extending the concept further yields 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th chords.

In earlier lessons I covered the basic 7ths chords: dominant 7th, major 7th and minor 7th.

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The first new tutorial builds on those chords and introduces: diminished 7th, dominant 7th/flat 5th, minor 7th flat 5th, and minor major 7th. I show how to play each type of chord rooted on the E, A and D strings. Then, I show how to use them in the context of a ii-V-I jazz type progression.

Extended Harmony Chords Series 1

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1166

The next one covers various 9th chords from a jazz guitar perspective: 6/9ths, minor 9th, dominant 9th, dominant 7th flat 9th, dominant 7th flat sharp 9th (also called dominant 7th flat augmented 9th).

Extended Harmony Chords Series 2

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1185

I have at least one more planned on 11ths & 13ths!  Happy jazz guitar playing.

Christopher Schlegel Update 03-16-2011

The idea here is to demonstrate two distinctly different applications: close mic studio situation vs. room mic.

I’ve always liked the idea of room mic, because WYHIWYG in the actual room with the device. I can extrapolate what that room sound will translate to when I close mic it in the studio. But, this is a skill you learn from experience.

I’ve seen many times an inexperienced or hobbyist player hears that his fave guitarist uses such and such an amp. So, he goes to a music store or gear show and tries the amp. And he thinks, “This doesn’t sound anything like the demo.” These two videos demostrate that difference.

There is just no way to grasp how much the Reason Bambino stack mode sounds like you are close miking a roaring, modded Marshall stack until you put it in the right context. So, I did. And I love to be able to tell interested parties, the sound in those demo is all Bambino. One is close mic’d and run into a multitrack DAW so you hear what you’d normally hear on a studio recorded album. But in both I used no effects boxes or post-processing of any kind. The entire signal chain is: guitar -> cable -> Bambino. That is a powerful argument.

Bambino & Fat Strat Demo Room Mic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXR4LsyUsgg

Bambino & Fat Strat Demo Close Mic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFUxA7HxGxA

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This is also the project guitar I put together on video tape and made into a Guitar Tricks tutorial on how to assemble your own electric guitar! If you have a subscription:

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1121

Enjoy!