Music Theory - How To Use Major and Minor add 9 Chords and Lines

[@ipsurvivor]

The second chord brought chills up my spine... Nick Drake used that to great effect at least once.... Your voicing was very close to what he played... what a beautiful chord...

[@najla1178]

ipsurvivor what songs did he use them in?

[@petragaffney135]

Beautiful. Very clever. Complex sound but simple structure. It's also very easily transposable because II - V - I in any key is easy, major and minor add 9 chords are simple and positioning these chords over the relevant intervals from the bass note is simple. You can very easily think inversions and spread chords this way too. Once again thank you Rick.

[@stanwray4070]

I have no idea what you were talking about Rick , but that piano sounded heavenly . I kept having visions of Keith Emerson .

[@hrmerr]

Love it! Thanks. You're really helping me to break out of the rigid box concepts and change my thinking patterns.

[@0120130140130122]

Well it went from 0 to 100 really fast

[@Sirriffsalot]

I can’t keep up with theory vids

[@d3a1990]

Joni Mitchell got me interested in add9 Chords. So great to see this expanded. It would be much more helpful to see the keys, though.

[@frenchef7]

This has opened my eyes to a new world of possibilities. Awesome video!

[@jegoy68]

Hello Rick! There have been a major discussion with my peers regarding the chord C-D-E-G...I'm strongly confident to tell them it's a Cadd9...while the others argue that it's actually a Cadd2 because the 9th should be past the octave and the two chords sound different. What is the best explanation to finally end the "war"? ...I'm a huge fan of your works btw, I know you will always have the answers!!! Thank you for everything you do! Cheers! Jake from the Philippines :-)

[@RickBeato]

+Jakey Either one works but most people say add9

[@FRODOPIANO]

An overhead view would be helpful for these kind of videos :) At least for me...thanks Rick!

[@JosephLachh]

Check out Signals Music Studio

[@JosephLachh]

Buy the mini music guides guitar chord dictionary, and read the music theory in the first few pages.

[@FRODOPIANO]

My comment is 3 years old

[@cuteasxtreme]

@@FRODOPIANO now it’s 4

[@deeveeuhs]

When Rick played that CminorAdd9 = “Focus III” by Focus also sampled by Outkast “wheelz of steel”.

[@bsharpmajorscale]

I've seen Nobuo Uematsu's famous Prelude for Final Fantasy described as a series of major and minor add 9 chords.

[@paulawilliamson637]

bsharpmajorscale l love that FF tune. Rock on !!!!

[@strappinggermanlad]

that's because it is! just play an arpeggiated Major 9th (or sus2) chord up 3 octaves and down three octaves, and you've already got the beginning.. then shift down a minor third and do the same thing in minor, and so on..

[@steellemonstudios]

Absolutely! For me, that is the prime example of this sound.

[@Axadn]

I've been going through his music for Final Fantasy 7 and realized he loves to use add 9 chords all over the place

[@matthewramroop]

That etude 👌 Gotta write something like that with my guitar one of these days lol

[@vonjt4077]

Minor add9 is my personal favorite chord

[@MuzixMaker]

So tasty and inspirational.

[@rockithoney]

To me it adds a lot of tragic depth without being pathetic. I use it a lot.

[@ketrchy]

This one is a "KILLER" !! So when u play a II V I progression. Let's says you play the 2nd degree as A 5dim 7 add11 which is the same as a IV degree/II : C minor add9/A. then go to the V degree as a dominant chord Rick says you can play at the same time Eb minor add9/ C (which is the C minor add9/A moved up to a minor 3rd) seen from the D dominant this chords will be seen as D Alt + Eb (b9) - F (#9/3 minor) - F# (3 M) - Bb (# 5/ 6 or 13) With major replace the Eb ...... with Abadd 9 (Major 3rd)

[@electropentatonic]

I play guitar and I learned a lot from this.

[@erikbarrett85]

I knew that sound, the Emadd9 starts the verses in Hey You. I have better ears than I think, wish I could translate it into better playing.

[@erikbarrett85]

Actually, maybe it's.... Comfortably Numb

[@delilahbailey1537]

@@erikbarrett85 yes, Hey You starts in Emadd9, on the other hand Comfortbly Numb starts in Bm, then goes A-G-Em and its starts all over again. David Gimour uses the minor add9 chord from time to time, it's in Welcome to the Machine, and definitely other songs but I don't remember exaclty which ones right now.

[@freddiewilliam8797]

that first massive chord in Hard Day's Night is an Fadd9, on the guitar at least

[@softwaredeveloper6791]

In rock music, I think this sound will fit something like Steely Dan...

[@mikeysplayhouse1971]

Fantastic. My head hurts!

[@yoavyenon]

Rick Beato, first I'd like to thank you for posting all of these wonderfully fun, informative and organized vidoes. There are very few cats who have such a working and fluid knowledge in the world of Jazz improvisation, Modern classical ( and Film music) and also such a developed aesthetic for Pop/ Rock production. So much of what I cover with my students in regards to Jazz improv you have dedicated videos that are so clear and methodic. Really, Great work with immense value. I'd love to delve into the world of Keith Jarrett/ Chick/ and Coltrane ( 1963 and up) and maybe deduct a few tricks in their sleeve rather than going through an entire solo. I have some ideas in case you're interested. In any case, a sincere thanks and please keep'em coming. Peace

[@RickBeato]

I will be getting into all those players you are talking about as soon as my mode video project is complete. I'm still about 2 weeks from shifting gears back to some video like you are talking about. What are your ideas?

[@yoavyenon]

I transcribed Coltrane's Crescent Solo ( off of Crescent 1964) and a bunch of other ones ( not entire solos but choruses and Ideas that my ears gravitated towards) from this 63-66 era. So many things I can think of... for example the use of upper structure triads, mixing the Altered Dominant with the whole-tone as He often does over dominant 7th chords, Chromaticism... Maybe some stuff out of A Love Supreme ( which has a lot of altered pentatonic ideas). I'm thinking maybe mail or Skype would be a more suitable platform. For many years I've wanted to learn what (one of my teachers) George Garzone is playing over Summertime off of his Moodialogy album with Kenny Werner... i'd love to learn this stuff very much. This is a mystery even to the wise.. ha . In any case I'd love to expand on this.

[@mikeysplayhouse1971]

What exactly is the altered d7 in this example?

[@trabrex7697]

Extremely interesting and extremely useful. More please👍

[@JirayuSirivorawong]

great vid, Rick!

[@cheatereater3495]

I just started playing piano today and this was very helpful!

[@Do0mBurger]

Super helpful

[@asdasd_94]

nice video rick! quick question though. Will we see anymore vids of Dylan's amazing skills in the near future?

[@petragaffney135]

TerryMusic Rick mentioned in his Facebook Live today that he'll be releasing another Dylan video in a couple of weeks, after the election.

[@RickBeato]

TerryMusic In 2 weeks there will be a new video coming out. This one is going to be crazy :)

[@asdasd_94]

Rick Beato You should put him in more videos not just for "challenges". In my opinion it would be cool to regularly see him in your videos and see his progress etc! Would be so cool! thx for the response!

[@RickBeato]

TerryMusic He just had a competition that he's been practicing for and it's the middle of soccer season for him. Most of these videos I make late at night when everyone is asleep.

[@asdasd_94]

Rick Beato Oh okay I see! I love seeing Dylan doing anything with music it's so fascinating to me how talented he really is.. I can't wait Rick. Keep up the amazing videos!

[@MNGuitars]

Ilovethischannel. Rick you are the best!

[@BeatlesTranscriber]

Wasn’t it easier to just say the 9th is the 9th note? C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C,D? Thus Cadd9 is the I,III,V- C,E,G plus D? Unless I am wrong 🤔

[@justinhamlin7011]

I'm a bass player, if the guitar player plays a major chord, can I play a major add 9 arpeggio?

[@NelsonRiverosMusic]

This is a great lesson Rick I've been teaching myself piano for about a year now after being given one. Would be great to see exactly what it is you're playing in both hands I can make out some of the voicings on the right hand but not all of them .I'm wondering in the left-hand are you playing the root both octaves on every chord? Thank you.

[@RickBeato]

+Nelson Riveros in this video it's all octaves in the left-hand

[@eddiegeorge4047]

KILLER Etude Sensei ! !

[@bassofspades500]

Hey Rick .. How common is it to use a Lydian augmented as a 1 chord ?

[@logananaya]

Lol sorry bud guess we'll never know😂

[@thomasicekeys]

Great Video!

[@ALoonwolf]

1 3 5 + 9 = God in Heaven. D: 1 3 5 + 2 = God is with us. :D

[@stefanwagner8859]

very nice sound!

[@armandolopez8726]

Is this in the rick beato 4.0 book? Can’t find this topic on it

[@rugbyslug]

great stuff!

[@ivanjurlina6869]

I've heard that chord in some thriller movies.

[@tronlady1]

Why is your audio SO noisy? You are rick beato, the master! Your audio should be immaculate sir 🤔

[@ayyocam1917]

This is not a tutorial for professional sound he is talking about music theory

[@danielmanahan692]

What is your intro piano music? that melody is brilliant. did you write that?

[@RickBeato]

Daniel Manahan I did write it. Thanks Daniel!

[@giantessmaria]

reminds me alot of Keith Emersons style

[@danielmanahan692]

yeah great call hopefully Rick can add Keith Emerson to his list of Legend Lessons on creative solos

[@RickBeato]

Will do!

[@bassofspades500]

@@RickBeato Its awesome ! .... I've always wondered what that hard hitting second last chord is ??

[@cavaturnagesh]

Please type out the Beato book. I can do the typing for you, if you want, and I will do it gratis.

[@JBrooksNYS]

Why? So he cant sell it anymore?

[@Euro.Patriot]

I thought the 9 is the next octave so A C# E B. The B would be an octave up.

[@Euro.Patriot]

Wot

[@BeatlesTranscriber]

Also a good example of Cadd9 is the intro piano chord to George Harrison’s “ Wonderwall to be Here”

[@dannytetreault]

Totally over my head? All those add 9 chords sounded terrible. Cadd9 sounds pretty on my guitar. 9 minus 7 = 2...which is a Sus2 chord What is the difference between a sus2 and a major add9 chord?

[@MuzixMaker]

Sus2 has no third

[@dannytetreault]

@@MuzixMaker Okay so a sus2 chord has a root, a fifth and a suspended two (no third). A XmajAdd9 (where X=some root note) has a root, third, perfect fifth and a FOURTH NOTE the 9th which gives it a suspended two feel. Correct? Dan T -Nanaimo, BC Vancouver Island.

[@MuzixMaker]

@@dannytetreault That's how I understand it, the 9th adding color and tension.

[@willemsgrahpics]

@@dannytetreault almost, that’s not quite right either, Add 2 (or add 9 whichever way you want to look at it) would have the following intervals: Root, Maj 2nd, Maj 3rd, 5th It’s just a major triad with a major 2nd added - no major 7th, hence the word add. In your example you’ve added a 4th, in which case you can call it major add 4 (again or add 11 depends on how you look at it) To clarify for everyone else: SUS essentially replaces the 3rd with the 4th or 2nd - sus2 or sus4 Hope this helps and let’s all thank Rick for his contributions that inspire us all

[@vanroykoen]

top!

[@jacobsmith1877]

About 3:30 is where I got super lost

[@Euro.Patriot]

Same.

[@pedroneves9351]

Where i can see the table of contents of the book?

[@RickBeato]

+Pedro Neves write to me at [e-mail]

[@analyticequals]

Aaron Parks

[@tintoLoreto]

crap, that was awesome

[@josephharvey1762]

Does anyone know the difference between an add9 and a sus2?

[@MarvelTile]

Well, an add9 you would ADD a note at the core chord (1-3-5 Major 1-b3-5 minor -> 1-3-5-9 and 1-b3-5-9). As with a sus2 you would LOWER the 3rd of the core chord to a 2nd (1-3-5 Major 1-b3-5 minor -> 1-2-5 for both cases). So you can tell that a sus chord will transform the triad to another triad (3 notes chord), more open and ambiguous as you lose the 3rd. The add9 chord will enrich the already existing core triad with one more note of the scale, making it richer.

[@souviksen7497]

On a sus2 you are replacing the 3rd with a second. In an add 9 you're just adding the 2 and not replacing the 3rd.

[@piddlepond]

is it my beer belly, or does this make no sense? Could you make this analysis MORE complicated?

[@csam9170]

It sounds like windows xp shutdown

[@lyndamcardle4123]

Either you're being flash or obfuscatory ...either way, you're just being too complicated!