C9/6 instead of a C6/9 chord?

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Post by george ports 33 » Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:38 pm

Is there an easy way to enter a C9/6 instead of a C6/9 chord?
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Post by miker » Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:09 am

Just enter it. The program will tell you that it’s not in the suffixes; would you like to add it? Say yes, and there it is.
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Post by oldmkvi » Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:51 pm

A Chord Symbol indicates the kind of Chord, not its voicing.
Why switch the numbers?

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Post by ebiggs1 » Fri Jan 24, 2020 4:05 pm

I, too, am curious as to why?
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Post by george ports 33 » Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:20 pm

Thanks to Miker for the help.

The 9th or the 6th can be voiced above or below on the guitar neck and vice versa which is why I would like to be abl e to do this.More or less a personal thing.

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Post by michelp » Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:00 pm

If the tensions of a chord are stacked on top of each other, which is common to save horizontal space, the "high tensions" are usually placed on top (13 above b9, for instance).
Following that logic, I personally put the 9 on top of the 6, without slash. A personal preference.
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