SE

S

S

I

O

N

S

Ten

EndingChords

VII VII VII VII VII X VI VII XIII II

Fmaj7 9 11# # Fmaj13 11 Fmaj9 11 Fmaj7 11 (no root) Fmaj7 11# # ## Fmaj7 5 11# # Fmaj7 5 11# # Fmaj7 5 11# # Fmaj7 5 11 (no root)# #Fmaj7 11#

X X X X X X X X 1

2 3 4

1 1 1 2 2 2

2 3 3

3 3

3 4 4 4

4

1 1

2 3

4

1

= root

1 2

1 2

4 3

2 4

3 1

Ex. 1

VIII VII VIII VII VIII VIII VII VII

Gm9 C13 F maj7 9 11# # # Fmaj7 9 11# # Gm7/11 C13 5 F6/9b Fmaj13 11#X X X X

1

2 3 4

1 2

4

2 1

3 4 2

1

3 4

X 1

2 3 4

2 3 4

2 3 2 3 1 1 1

Ex. 2

VIII VIII VII VII IX VIII VII VII

Gm7 C7 9 Fmaj7 Fmaj9 11 Gm6 C13 9 F6/9b Fmaj7 11##1

X X X X X X X X X X X X

2 3 3 2

1 1 2

3 4

2 1

3 4

2 1

3 4

b1

2 3 4

1 2

1 2

3 4

X

Ex. 4 Ex. 5

III III V VII XI XII X

Gm7 C11 Fmaj9 Fmaj7 11# Gm9 C9 5 F6/9# Fmaj7 11#X X X X X X X X X

1

4 4

X 1

4

1 1

2 3 4

1 2

3 4

1 2

1

3 4 1

3 2 4

Ex. 6 Ex. 7

V V VII VI X VIII VIII VII

Gm C7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 5 11# #X X X X X X X X X X X

2 2 2 2 3 3

3 1

4

1 1 1

Gm add9 C add9 F add9 Fmaj7 5 11# #X X X

1 2

3

4

1 2

3

4

1

2 3

4

1

2 3

4

Ex. 8 Ex. 9

XIIX

1 2

3 4

X XII XIII V VI V II

Gm7 C F6 Fmaj7 5 11# # Gm6 C11 Fmaj9 Fmaj7 5 11# #X X X X X X X X X X X X

2 1

2

1

3 2

1

3

1 2 2

1

3 3

X X 1

2 4

X

4

1 X

Ex. 10 Ex. 11

Ex. 3

Piquant

FINISHING A SONG WITH Acool chord is an art. Since listenersare more open to new sounds thanever, heres a starter set of ten ma-jor #11 chords to give your audi-ence something to ponder.

To acquaint yourself with thevoicings, try Ex. 1. To hear eachclosing chord in a musical context,play Examples 2-11. Give yourselfa few months to grow into this pi-quant harmony. g

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