From a piano player:
G2#11/B
Very clear and aurally (without context..) coherent. 

Steve P. 

> On 30 Jul 2016, at 21:54, Lon Price <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
>>> To: [email protected] 
>>> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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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