guitar101 writes "In this lesson I will show you a cool an easy way to look at dominant type chords and how to add color to them. We will add the intervals b9 9,#9 11#11,b13,13....... We will start with 3 dominant chord forms on the inside 4 strings 5,4,3,2 (E7,E9) See EX.1
EX.1 E7 E7 E9
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-----5---------9-------12--------
-----7---------7-------11--------
-----6---------9-------12--------
-----7---------7-------11--------
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#1 #2 #3
Most of use already know these dominant forms (I hope anyways) or you better get them down before proceding. Ok here's the fun part, let's look at the intervals we can choose from. Below you will see the intervals ( b9 9 #9 11 #11 b13 13 ) the 3rd and 5th shown in EX.2 is just adding another 3rd and 5th that's already in the chord so don't get confused. We included them so you could see the intervals moving up the neck chromatically.
EX.2 E7 b9 9 #9 3rd 11 #11 5th b13 13
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-----5----6----7-----8-----9-----10---11---12---13---14----
-----7-----------------------------------------------------
-----6-----------------------------------------------------
-----7-----------------------------------------------------
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Ok don't panic! Your thinking this is going to be hard right... Not... Don't let a little chord theory scare you. I'm about to show you 10 altered dominant chords counting the one we already did. Check this out.
EX.3 E7 b9 9 #9 3rd 11 #11 5th b13 13
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-----5----6----7-----8-----9-----10----11----12----13---14----------
-----7----7----7-----7-----7------7-----7----11----11---11----------
-----6----6----6-----6-----9------9-----9----12----12---12----------
-----7----7----7-----7-----7------7-----7----11----11---11----------
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#1 #2 #3
NOTE. #1,#2,#3 indicate the chord forms in EX.1 So we end up with these 10 chords.
1. E7
2. E7 b9
3. E9
4. E7 #9
5. E7
6. E7/11 or E7 sus4
7. E7 #11
8. E9
9. E9 #5 or E9 b13
10.E13
There's lots of different ways of playing what we just played and the cool thing is there all closed chord forms. Also known as bar chords! This means you can play EX.2 in any key(s). So the next time your playing a blues tune and your getting tired of the same basic dominant chord add some color to them with the forms you just learned. Good Luck. " | 
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