[Dixielandjazz] Factionalism

[Patrick Cooke]

Steve wrote:
>>> Like a 2nd is a 9th, and a 4th is an 11th, and a 6th is a 13th, etc.<<<
     Speaking as a guy who stumbles around the guitar, It's OK to think of
the 13th as the 6th as long as it's not right next to the 7th....move it
into the next octave.  That's why it's called the 13th.
      BTW a good four-note note 13th on guitar is (from the bottom) Root,
7th, 3rd, 13th.  You can also move the root up two octaves, putting it right
above the 13th. You can make it a 3-note chord by deleting the root.
      There are of course other ways to finger a 13th.  I imagine it has to
be tougher on a banjo, because of the different tuning, and you have to be
careful about which notes you can safely delete.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet@earthlink.net>
To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 1:25 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Factionalism


> Plectrum Joe <plecjo@netscape.net>  wrote: (polite snip, do not take out
> of context)
>
> "With a mere four strings to form chords,  substitute chords take a bit
> of work  to be convincing."
>
> There are those who say you can use "shorthand" chords to convince
> them.  Like a 2nd is a 9th, and a 4th is an 11th, and a 6th is a 13th,
> etc. I've also heard some excellent banjo renditions of both Charlie
> Parker's "Confirmation" and "Koko" by a tenor banjoist in Philadelphia,
> Steve Debonaventura, a virtuoso, who plays excellent OKOM trad jazz,
> mostly.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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