I was wondering whether there would be interest in a thread for "cheat charts" to find the more jazzy chords without needing extended theoretical knowledge.
I have started making charts for myself, which enable you to play a 9th chord by playing a 7th chord starting from the third note of the original chord, thus adding the 9th note (or, indeed the same as the 2nd note), but not playing the root of the original.
For example, if you want to play Dominant C9 (C-E-G-Bb-D) without the root, all you need to do is play Em7b5 (E-G-Bb_D) or Gm6 (G-Bb-D-E). For Cmaj9 the chord you play would be Em7 (E-G-B-D), Cm9 would be Ebmaj7 (Eb-G-Bb-D). And so on...
Obviously, this approach is rather limited if you are playing alone, but it certainly gives colour to the chords when playing in an ensemble. And they may not work in every situation in a song, so of course you need to use your ears as well!
Here's the first set of charts for the Dominant 7th chords, and a sample song Autumn leaves, the uke played with this approach to the chords in the second round of the song backing the piano improvisation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc3_Mb0tUXU&feature=youtu.be
Sorry for the recording quality, only made a quick multi-track recording. I am also quite new to playing the ukulele, so I have many technical issues to sort out still...
Any feedback would be welcome, if this is useful to anybody else...
I have started making charts for myself, which enable you to play a 9th chord by playing a 7th chord starting from the third note of the original chord, thus adding the 9th note (or, indeed the same as the 2nd note), but not playing the root of the original.
For example, if you want to play Dominant C9 (C-E-G-Bb-D) without the root, all you need to do is play Em7b5 (E-G-Bb_D) or Gm6 (G-Bb-D-E). For Cmaj9 the chord you play would be Em7 (E-G-B-D), Cm9 would be Ebmaj7 (Eb-G-Bb-D). And so on...
Obviously, this approach is rather limited if you are playing alone, but it certainly gives colour to the chords when playing in an ensemble. And they may not work in every situation in a song, so of course you need to use your ears as well!
Here's the first set of charts for the Dominant 7th chords, and a sample song Autumn leaves, the uke played with this approach to the chords in the second round of the song backing the piano improvisation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc3_Mb0tUXU&feature=youtu.be
Sorry for the recording quality, only made a quick multi-track recording. I am also quite new to playing the ukulele, so I have many technical issues to sort out still...
Any feedback would be welcome, if this is useful to anybody else...