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Any Ideas on How to Enter These Chords? Someone sent me a link today to this, http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/guitars/16-of-the-best-guitar-chords-for-clean-tones-622838 and I was hoping BIAB could play these for me!

Em9sus4
Gmaj7sus2
A6add9
Cm7add11
Emadd9
Fmaj7#11

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Hi John,

Hope this helps...

Em9sus4
Try E9sus (sus 4 chords are neither major nor minor because they are missing the 3rd)

Gmaj7sus2
Try Gmaj9 - this should do the job since the 'maj' sets the 'maj7' and 9 is the same note name as 2 (maybe in a different octave)

A6add9
A69 will do the job here. Nice chord!

Cm7add11
Try a Cm11 - this might not be what you want, though, since it has a D note in it that the Cm7add11 does not.

Emadd9
Try E2 (since 2 and 9 are the same note, but possibly in different octaves, it might work)

Fmaj7#11
This is a long shot but maybe Fmaj7b5 might do the job because if my math is correct #11 and b5 are the same note but possibly in different octaves.

Let us know how you go.

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John, also remember that many three or four note chords can be read a number of ways. For example the Gmaj7sus2 has the notes, from bass to treble, G-D-A-D-F# which could also be a Dadd4 or written D/G.

This is one of the problems that JonD, a keyboardist, and myself have. I will play a four note chord and call it something where JonD will find 3 or 4 chords with the same notes in them. We guitarists are limited with only 6 strings and 4 fingers, well sometimes we can add a thumb, while a keyboardist has 88 keys and 10 fingers to work with.


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Fmaj7#11

This is a long-time Wishlist request of mine, since this chord appears frequently in jazz fakebooks. However, BIAB does allow you to enter Fmaj9#11.


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Fmaj7#11

This is a long-time Wishlist request of mine, since this chord appears frequently in jazz fakebooks. However, BIAB does allow you to enter Fmaj9#11.

Yes, agrees 100%. I miss this one too!


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Mac 2015 won't accept Fmaj7b5 either....

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