The intent here is to raise the 5th a half step.  If you were a piano player 
reading a chord chart, would you rather see B-9#5, or G(add2)(#11)/B?  They 
both spell the exact same notes, but the first example is far easier to 
recognize.  Or how about this - Dmaj7(sus4)/B.

> On Jul 30, 2016, at 9:58 AM, GERALD BERG <gj.b...@rogers.com> wrote:
> 
> blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px 
> #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white 
> !important; }  LOL Close enuff for jazz I guess! 
> From an improv vamping POV it proves convenient, and that may well be all 
> that is required. But I can't see calling the 6th degree of a minor scale - 
> Bb here - a #5 in any theory book.
> Playing the chords in context it sounds like what it is: a minor 6th. 
> Alone it sounds like Bb/D b5.
> Thanks for the example! Well found.
> GJB
> 
> 
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> 
> On Saturday, July 30, 2016, 12:20 PM, Lon Price <lonpr...@att.net> wrote:
> 
> Check out the Real Book, Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard Edition), page 102 - Dear Old 
> Stockholm.  The second chord is D-9#5, so that’s at least one example of the 
> chord being used in a publication.
> 
>> On Jul 30, 2016, at 8:52 AM, GERALD BERG <gj.b...@rogers.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Problem there is a #5 needs a major third (D# in this case) to sound 
>> augmented otherwise it just sounds like a perfect 4th. GJB
>> 
>>       From: Lon Price <lonpr...@att.net>
>> To: finale@shsu.edu 
>> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2016 11:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Finale] chord question
>> 
>> B-9#5
>> 
>>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 4:39 PM, GERALD BERG <gj.b...@rogers.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px 
>>> #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; 
>>> background-color:white !important; }  I think to call something a flat 6th 
>>> you need a fifth. You have a G/D thing happening.
>>> 
>>> GJB
>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Friday, July 29, 2016, 7:12 PM, Haroldo Mauro <hma...@hmauro.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> It sounds like a G Major chord with added 9th and #11 - no 7th
>>> 
>>> Harold
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 29/07/2016, at 19:56, martin nickless wrote:
>>> 
>>>> hi regarding B-9 [b6]
>>>> 
>>>> the notes are from bottom up
>>>> 
>>>> B A D G Db
>>>> 
>>>> thanks
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