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Problem with a certain chord #602701 06/19/20 01:00 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Nov 2019 Posts: 241 Sunny Florida :) Angelomusic OP Apprentice
OP Angelomusic Apprentice Joined: Nov 2019 Posts: 241 Sunny Florida :)	Hi! I'd like to play over the jazz standard BLUE BOSSA but I can't find a way to input a m7b9 chord. This is not included in BIAB ??? Angelo Napoli music

Re: Problem with a certain chord Angelomusic #602703 06/19/20 01:37 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 170 Czech, Lazníky jacko_karel DonCarlos
jacko_karel DonCarlos Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 170 Czech, Lazníky	Aren't you wrong? Didn't you mean a chord like Dm7b5? Karel Jacko alias Don Carlos - Czech Republic Dealer PG Music, Inc - +420 604 111 102, +420 602 561 567 mobil - Band Leader Groups Jazz za Bukem and Hot Jazz Sutrs; - BIAB 2020 Win10; BIAB 2019 MAC; - Roland GK-3 Divided Pickup (Guitar and Bass); Roland GR-20 Guitar Synth; - MOTU UltraLite mk3 (Firewire); Fishman Tripleplay - MacBookPro 13 with touchbar 2018, Wiki BIAB czech support page wiki.zabukem.eu

Re: Problem with a certain chord Angelomusic #602704 06/19/20 02:53 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,948 Wauconda DrDan Veteran
DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,948 Wauconda	Ya, Likely a typo. Dm7b5 to G7 to Cm is common in many fake books for BlueBoss. However the substitution of the G7 with G7b9 is often seen. It is a nice jazzy guitar chord! I suspect that may be what the OP was indicating. In this case BIAB does have all these chords. BB was in my play set back in the day. I did a cover recording with a fellow named George Bellas who some may recognize as a big time talent. As close as I ever got to the big time. Retired to Make Music - No Plan B My SoundCloud Preview My Current Project .

Re: Problem with a certain chord DrDan #602708 06/19/20 04:00 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,686 Hamlin NY MarioD Veteran
MarioD Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,686 Hamlin NY	A m7b5 chord is in BiaB's chord arsenal. A m7b9 chord is not. Weird? Dm7b5 is probably the chord they are looking for. Tips on how to fall asleep in a living room chair: 1- Be old 2- Sit in a chair 64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware

Re: Problem with a certain chord Angelomusic #602734 06/19/20 08:00 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2,273 L Lloyd S Veteran
Lloyd S Veteran L Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2,273	A quick google search for Am7b9 (I picked "A" arbitrarily) shows this: ************************************************************************************ Am7(b9) Guitar Chord Am7(b9) Guitar Chord. 4 chord voicings, charts and sounds. Chord notes and structure: A Bb C E Ab (R m2 m3 5 7). Am7(b9) Chord Standard name: Am(maj7)b9 AKA: Am(+7)b9; Am(+7)b7/9; Am(maj7)b7/9; Am(+7)b7/9; ************************************************************************************* Maybe one of the AKA's would work. Good luck! LLOYD S

Re: Problem with a certain chord Lloyd S #602750 06/19/20 10:56 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,686 Hamlin NY MarioD Veteran
MarioD Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,686 Hamlin NY	Originally Posted By: Lloyd S A quick google search for Am7b9 (I picked "A" arbitrarily) shows this: ************************************************************************************ Am7(b9) Guitar Chord Am7(b9) Guitar Chord. 4 chord voicings, charts and sounds. Chord notes and structure: A Bb C E Ab (R m2 m3 5 7). Am7(b9) Chord Standard name: Am(maj7)b9 AKA: Am(+7)b9; Am(+7)b7/9; Am(maj7)b7/9; Am(+7)b7/9; ************************************************************************************* Maybe one of the AKA's would work. Good luck! LLOYD S Lloyd, I believe your Am7b9 is notated wrong. It should be A Bb C E G Here is the piano version of Am7b9: https://www.songtive.com/en/chords/piano/Am7b9 Tips on how to fall asleep in a living room chair: 1- Be old 2- Sit in a chair 64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware

Re: Problem with a certain chord MarioD #602756 06/19/20 11:47 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 25 Australia R rms Enthusiast
rms Enthusiast R Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 25 Australia	Otherwise known as a C7/A ???????

Re: Problem with a certain chord Angelomusic #602764 06/19/20 12:47 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 448 Denmark stratos Journeyman
stratos Journeyman Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 448 Denmark	It must be Dm7(b5) you mean: Just write D+H

Re: Problem with a certain chord rms #602786 06/19/20 04:28 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,686 Hamlin NY MarioD Veteran
MarioD Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,686 Hamlin NY	Originally Posted By: rms Otherwise known as a C7/A ??????? If the A is in the bass wouldn't it be Am7b9? If the C is in the bass wouldn't it be C7add6. Same notes different labels! Either way it works! Tips on how to fall asleep in a living room chair: 1- Be old 2- Sit in a chair 64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware

Re: Problem with a certain chord Angelomusic #602860 06/20/20 05:55 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 299 Europe Dzjang Apprentice
Dzjang Apprentice Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 299 Europe	I believe it will be a half diminished chord as my learned colleagues suggest, but the mMaj7b9 chord should be a Neapolitan Minor and the sound is very weird and difficult to resolve, so I would steer away from that chord. Nobody plays that scale on standards, maybe Brecker, Branford or Trane... It could be just the phrygian chord: the III chord in any major tune and the V chord in the relative minor. Mostly it is notated as plain minor or as sus4b9 or as the slash chord F/E, where the triad F is played over E in the bass. I have never seen it notated as mb9, not in the realbooks, not in the New Real Book... Angelomusic, can you upload the sheet music? There’s a lot of players here who are willing to help out. Biab, Kontakt, Sampletank and lots of nice libraries, from Fluffy audio to Abbey Road drums. Check out these great contemporary Jazz Styles: www.jazzstylezz.com

Re: Problem with a certain chord Angelomusic #602948 06/21/20 02:45 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,796 fiddler2007 Expert
fiddler2007 Expert Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,796	Boys, please, there's only 12 notes in a scale, don't mess around with that. And as Woody Guthry said: More than three chords in a song is showing off anyway.

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