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For example:Ĭ 13 is C E G Bb D F A | a Bb7 chord over C chordĬ 11 is C E G Bb D F | a Bb chord over C chordĬ 9 is C E G Bb D | Bb and D notes over C chord A thirteenth is somewhat of a combination of a 7th and 6th chord as the Bb is the 7th and the A is the 6th. In other words for a 13th chord in C – a complete Bb7 is played above the C. For the 11th, 9th, and 7th chords, a note is dropped. I love these chordal structures and if you play keyboard these extended chords are easy to remember as they feature at the 11th and 13th extensions an entire chord a complete step below the primary chord. It often features chord variations of sevenths, ninths, elevenths, and thirteenths.


#One note samba chords free
If the thought of that excites you then come and join my FREE Beyond Tabs guitar course where we can talk further.Bossa nova literally means “new trend” in Portuguese and the style developed from samba, but is less percussive than its antecedent stytle. The other benefit of playing “light” shapes is that it gives us more freedom to embellish the chord tones. Employing different left hand shapes is not about learning lots and lots of different shapes, it’s about learning the right shapes, nice sounding shapes and having an understanding of how and when to use them.

Now try playing both and have a think about which you find most satisfying. In example two I’ve broken away from the standard chord shapes to give a more flowing nature to both the sound of the chord movement and the actual physical shapes employed by the left hand. While absolutely acceptable, to my ear, the chord movement sounds a bit disjointed and the actual physicalities of the left hand movement feels awkward (even if you are a master at barre chord shapes). Using standard chord shapes, we have to employ the use of barre chords. In example one I’m using the standard chord shapes that are found in most chord books. I’ve given two examples below which you can take a look at. There’s a very distinctive downward chord movement in the first four bars- Dm7 to Db7 to Cm7 to B7b5. Take the song One Note Samba for instance. While it’s true that you can get away with knowing a small handful of chords, you’ll get more out of the music by investigating different shapes. Arming ourselves with a good array of chord shapes to equip us for all situations makes playing through chord progressions a lot more satisfying.
