Originally posted by Zeppelin
ok.. hmmm what is a substition chord exactly?
i'm not that good in theory at all :(

Sorry about mis-spelling-> substitution.
Assuming a student knows all the standard chord voicings,
or chords.
I'll just try to put this in layman terms.
Substitution means replaceing a standard chord with,
another chord but spicing it up with a more advanced,
chord,an exsample like using a G9th in place of a standard G7 chord.


Standard G7 chord G9th inside Knuckle chord
E[-1---------] E[---x--------]
B[-0---------] B[----3-------]
G[--0--------] G[--2---------]
D[--0--------] D[----3-------]
A[--2--------] A[--2---------]
E[---3-------] E[--x---------]
3 2 1 1 2 3 4=pinky

Hope this helps.
P:s mabee someone else can add to this thread?
Substitution is a mainstay in Jazz.
Srv did use some substitution chords in his blues playing
Mark

[Edited by skee1 on 08-04-2001 at 01:04 PM]