Balt

Balt is B, D#, G, A and C, a altered dominant. The shape this page opens on is written x21441, lowest string first.

There are 9 common shapes for Balt on the guitar, and 20 derived voicings in 2 families.

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x21441, x2344x, 76x867, 78980x, xx9867, 7898x7, x-x-9-10-0-11, x-x-9-10-12-11, x-14-13-x-12-13.

Shell. Root, third and seventh: the guide tones fix the quality, so the fifth is dropped. That is what leaves a string free, so pick a tension to put on top. Balt has x2121x, 7675xx, x-x-9-8-10-8, x-14-13-14-13-x, x2x243, 7x788x.

Rootless. The root left to the bass player. Frees a finger for a tension. Balt has x0101x, xx1213, xx5545, xx7888, x-10-10-8-10-x, x-x-10-12-10-11, x-12-13-12-13-x, x-x-13-14-13-15.

Tensions. A shell of Balt, root, third and seventh, leaves a string free, and the tones that belong over it are the #11 (E#).

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.