What is this chord

[IEAH_IGR08]

I always play this chord and it always seems to fit into alot for me....

LH (FAAbD)/ RH (F^Major)

can someone explain to me what this chord really is (FM(b3)) maybe....i don't know im just starting this theory thing.

WHY DOES IT GO WITH ALOT OF CHANGES THAT I DO...

[BroAllan]

Are those the actual notes, "F A Ab D / F A C"  that you play?

[Rjthakid]

Fadd6#9

Another nice voicing would leave the tritone in the left hand:

D-Ab/F-A-C

I'm at work right now, but I'm assuming you like the other voicing:

F-Ab-A-D/F-A-C

Because the Ab and A next to each other give you a nice tension.

[IEAH_IGR08]

yea thats it...i have noticed that its really full also have you ever used this chord...

[T-Block]

Where in the heck do you use this chord?  It sounds so weird.

[BroAllan]

Where in the heck do you use this chord?  It sounds so weird.

It sounds like a type of m6/9 chord that resolves to possibly a C chord ... (just guessing  )

[musallio]

Where in the heck do you use this chord?  It sounds so weird.

What T-Block doesn't have an application 4 this chord?!!
I thot T-Block had used all chord combinations somewhere in his playing lifetime..lol..
Yeah, i'll try 2 find a place 4 it in my playing..
I'll try BroAllan's suggestion 1st.

[T-Block]

What T-Block doesn't have an application 4 this chord?!!
I thot T-Block had used all chord combinations somewhere in his playing lifetime..lol..
Yeah, i'll try 2 find a place 4 it in my playing..
I'll try BroAllan's suggestion 1st.

HAHAHAHA, see I don't know everything.  Besides, this chord sounds to weird for me, I don't think I would ever use it, until i understand how.

[musallio]

I get U loud & clear man

[organman88]

that chord is a f major 13 sharp 9 but you omit the 7 and the 11

[T-Block]

that chord is a f major 13 sharp 9 but you omit the 7 and the 11

That chord is nowhere near a 13th chord man.  It's closer to a 9th than a 13th.

[Rjthakid]

that chord is a f major 13 sharp 9 but you omit the 7 and the 11

Calling it a 13 chord implies that it's dominant.  Can't be dominant without the 7.

With no 7 it has to be an 'add6'

[B3Wannabe]

It's an F6 (#9). It's sound better as a straight F 6/9.

That's a nasty (bad) voicing though.

I'd probably use "D-Ab / C-F-A" or "Ab-D / F-A-C".

Either way, all of them sound better with a B or E bass.

That's just what my ears hear. It's definitely something you would rarely play.

[Rjthakid]

Fadd6#9

Another nice voicing would leave the tritone in the left hand:

D-Ab/F-A-C

I'm at work right now, but I'm assuming you like the other voicing:

F-Ab-A-D/F-A-C

Because the Ab and A next to each other give you a nice tension.

It's an F6 (#9). It's sound better as a straight F 6/9.

That's a nasty (bad) voicing though.

I'd probably use "D-Ab / C-F-A" or "Ab-D / F-A-C".

Either way, all of them sound better with a B or E bass.

That's just what my ears hear. It's definitely something you would rarely play.

Great Minds.....

[musallio]

Whatever chord it is, it doesn't go well down my eardrums!!!

Honestly, where can it be used ?/?I need 2 start using it if it has a use..
It sounds 2 out!!

[T-Block]

Whatever chord it is, it doesn't go well down my eardrums!!!

Honestly, where can it be used ?/?I need 2 start using it if it has a use..
It sounds 2 out!!

CO-SIGN!!!

[B3Wannabe]

As I said, I'd use it with a Bb (the previous post was supposed to read "Bb" not "B") or E in the bass. So it'd actually be a root-less "BbMaj9 #13" or "E7aug b9/b13". There are some nasty sounding chords that I've heard Joe Sample, Russel Ferrente, Jeff Lorber, Alex Bugnon, and Herbie Hancock do, I would guess this would fall into that category. Even some of the crazy chords that John Peters does on his new DVD would fall into this category.

I'm not very proficient at using these yet, but I can try to post something. I have a couple others that I use though. It was almost 3am when I answered this post, so I didn't post anything. I've found that when you play out of key, it can sound like you're doing some very dissonant (complex) stuff and you're not.

Here's a post I did around this time last year.
http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,38008.0.html

[youngmusician09]

Did you mean FABbD/FAC? I use that in Bb, but that A sounds a mess to me!

[musallio]

THANX b3Wannabe.

I'll try these dissonant progressions & hear how they go down..

[chevonee]

As I said, I'd use it with a Bb (the previous post was supposed to read "Bb" not "B") or E in the bass. So it'd actually be a root-less "BbMaj9 #13" or "E7aug b9/b13". There are some nasty sounding chords that I've heard Joe Sample, Russel Ferrente, Jeff Lorber, Alex Bugnon, and Herbie Hancock do, I would guess this would fall into that category. Even some of the crazy chords that John Peters does on his new DVD would fall into this category.

I'm not very proficient at using these yet, but I can try to post something. I have a couple others that I use though. It was almost 3am when I answered this post, so I didn't post anything. I've found that when you play out of key, it can sound like you're doing some very dissonant (complex) stuff and you're not.

Here's a post I did around this time last year.
http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,38008.0.html

Good stuff B3W!!





Chevonee's advice of the day
Get on YIM and hook up with DaNatimaestro, he has a great gift of understanding chords such as this. Fa' Real