Upper structures. Asyyou probably know chords are build of stacks of 3rds, Rex Bb major7#-17-13 would spell out to be the notes Bb D FAC EG. For each not in the chord there is.a triad, so Bb major, D minor, F major, A minor, C major € diminished and G minor would ali work on that chord. In that way we can chose a triad other than that of the chord and play it while still playing something related to the chord. But as you might hear we need to stay close enough tie have enough basic chord tones) to make it clear, There are numerous charts and articles on the net about this so it should be easy to dig something up if you want to check out more.