Playing 11ths and 13ths easier..

[thenewbian]

Hi,im new to the site and am just getting into theory and i was wondering whats a method for playing 11ths and 13ths easier? and what i mean by easier is ive followed along chords people were playing on youtube where they would say it was a 13th chord but they're not stretching there hands across the board, its all in the right hand chord..just trying to figure out how to get the sound of a 13th in smaller amounts of chords thanks you in advance great site

[Blessingss]

http://www.playpiano.com/101-tips/39-review.htm

Or just browse them through

http://psrtutorial.com/music/chords.html

[Blessingss]

Ok lets be specific now:

1. http://psrtutorial.com/music/chordSecrets/w15_11th.html


2. http://psrtutorial.com/music/chordSecrets/w16_13th.html

[jonesl78]

Hi,im new to the site and am just getting into theory and i was wondering whats a method for playing 11ths and 13ths easier? and what i mean by easier is ive followed along chords people were playing on youtube where they would say it was a 13th chord but they're not stretching there hands across the board, its all in the right hand chord..just trying to figure out how to get the sound of a 13th in smaller amounts of chords thanks you in advance great site

The only neccessary notes for a 13th chord are the 3, b7, & 13. 
you would most likely play "C13" like this:   Left Hand C  <--- root note
                                                          Right hand Bb E A <---technically this alone forms the C13 chord

Same thing for the 11th chord: 3, b7, & 11   

However, very rarely will you see the major 3rd (E) with a major 11 (F). Typically the major or dominate 11th chord is used as a suspended chord because the 3rd (E) and the 11th (F) clash to most people's ears.  On the other hand, a minor 3rd (Eb) and the 11th (F) sound acceptable to most ears.

Another thing, to add a little more flavor to extended chords, add the 9th (D)
i.e. C13=    Left hand: C    right hand:  Bb D E A 

[T-Block]

The only neccessary notes for a 13th chord are the 3, b7, & 13. 
you would most likely play "C13" like this:   Left Hand C  <--- root note
                                                          Right hand Bb E A <---technically this alone forms the C13 chord

Same thing for the 11th chord: 3, b7, & 11   

However, very rarely will you see the major 3rd (E) with a major 11 (F). Typically the major or dominate 11th chord is used as a suspended chord because the 3rd (E) and the 11th (F) clash to most people's ears.  On the other hand, a minor 3rd (Eb) and the 11th (F) sound acceptable to most ears.

Another thing, to add a little more flavor to extended chords, add the 9th (D)
i.e. C13=    Left hand: C    right hand:  Bb D E A 

To add on to that, if u want to play a major 13th chord, then u would use the regular 7 instead of the b7. And to play a minor 13th chord, u would use a b3 instead of the regular 3 and a b7.

For future reference, anytime u play an extended chord there has to be some kind of 3rd and 7th present. The only exception to there not having to be a 7th is the add9 chord, which is just adding the 9th (or 2nd) scale degree to the major chord.

[csedwards2]

To add on to that, if u want to play a major 13th chord, then u would use the regular 7 instead of the b7. And to play a minor 13th chord, u would use a b3 instead of the regular 3 and a b7.

For future reference, anytime u play an extended chord there has to be some kind of 3rd and 7th present. The only exception to there not having to be a 7th is the add9 chord, which is just adding the 9th (or 2nd) scale degree to the major chord.

C11

C/GBbDF
or C/BbDF

both 11th chords, no 3rds necessary

[T-Block]

C11

C/GBbDF
or C/BbDF

both 11th chords, no 3rds necessary

LOL, I 4got about that chord. And what's so sad is I play it all the time.

[thenewbian]

wow this helps a lot..i could quote everything haha,but anyways this was the perfect answers for the questions i had thanks a lot im gonna go try some of these out