9th Chord Blues Scale
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Ron SayerRon Sayer turns the chordal harmony shapes from earlier lessons into ninth chords, moving a single note to add a richer colour over your blues.
What's in the course
12 lessons (1h 27m) · 2 free
01. ‘Welcome To The Course’ Jam
Free lesson2:21
02. Using Arpeggios In Your Blues
Free lesson8:23
03. Half Tone/Whole Scales In Your Blues
8:49
04. Diminished 7th Arpeggios In Your Blues
10:14
05. More Diminished 7th Arpeggios
10:32
06. Sliding 9th To 6th Chords In Your Blues
8:16
07. Quartal Harmony Blues Scale
4:46
08. 9th Chord Blues Scale
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09. Minor 7th & Quartal Chords In Your Blues
4:36
10. Major 7th Arpeggios in your Minor Blues
12:48
11. Altered Scales In Your Minor Blues
9:56
12. BONUS LESSON: Santana - Black Magic Woman
3:16
Lesson transcript
Chordal Harmony and Ninth Chords
Well, hello there!
Hopefully, you enjoyed that last lesson on chordal harmony and moving around a blues scale. If you did enjoy the lesson, this one hopefully will make you smile as well.
Introducing Ninth Chords
Basically, it's a very, very similar concept:
- Instead of using that chordal harmony chord, you're going to move one of the notes up.
- It's only one note that changes, but it becomes a ninth chord.
If you remember a few lessons ago, we looked at sliding sixth to ninth chords. This concept is sort of a mixture between both of those lessons.
Playing the A9 Chord
Here's what you're going to do:
- Play the ninth chord by positioning your fingers as follows:
- Fifth fret on the D
- Fourth fret on the G
- Fifth fret on the B
- Fifth fret on the E
So, there's our A9 chord.
Using the Blues Scale
The same concept applies:
- You'll be playing a blues scale, and your top note is the one you need to watch.
- Follow the top note while playing a blues scale in ninth chords over the top.
It sounds slightly different from the previous lesson using the stack nine or chordal harmony, but it has a definite flavor to it.
Jamming It Out
Okay, let's have a little go and jam over that then.
- Same thing: Vamp on the A.
- Count: 1, 2, 3.
That's some idea of ways you can have fun with this!
Practical Application
It's something that you can use when playing:
- A slow blues
- Some kind of funky groove
It always sounds quite nice if you're actually coming down to play that. It's not one that really suits blasting away, but if you have a section in the song where you bring it down, it always works spooky.
Okay, hope you enjoyed that!
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Meet your guru
Ron Sayer is a guitarist's guitarist on the UK blues circuit and a mentor to players including Oli Brown and Sol Philcox. He has been nominated four times at the British Blues Awards - for the album 'Better Side', the single 'Don't Make Me Stay', and his co-writing on Oli Brown's 'Here I Am' - and has won Guitarist of the Year. In his courses he breaks down the phrasing, tone and feel behind electric blues lead playing.
