Diminished Chords - Why they're the best!
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Here's a few reasons why I love diminished chords and diminished harmony so much. Hopefully there's a few new ways for you to think about and apply diminished chords.
12Tone youtube channel made a great little video about using diminished chords a pivot chords for modulations, check it out: • Diminished 7th Modulat...
Chapter markers
00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Only 3 chords and 3 Scales!
06:36 - Passing chords and Pivot chords
12:35 - Delayed resolutions and sus chords
13:51 - Use over dominant chords
Bro how this guy doesn’t have 100s of thousands of followers is crazy. Literally makes it looks so easy
Ah thanks Christian! That would be amazing but it’s early days, let’s hope that’s where we’re heading! 🙏
My diminished knowledge of diminished chords is now diminished.
i.e., your knowledge of diminished chords is augmented.
Wow. this is some top notch University / Conservatory training. People pay literally thousands of dollars in tuition for this 15 minute video of information at Julliard. To those watching, like myself, study this material thoroughly!!! We thank you, sir. And now to woodshed.
Ah Joe, what a generous comment. Thank you, I really appreciate your kind words and even more pleased that you’re finding value in my little videos. Thanks for being here and sharing the love.
@@michaelkeithsonyea this is gold, the semi tone away from a 7th is unbelievably useful
@@tylerbehrends3304 Cheers Tyler, I’m glad you found something useful in there!
This answered my most important question about being a half a note off, and still being perfectly fine ! If SLOW ENOUGH progression ?!! Ha !
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You’ve condensed the better part of two semesters of music school into a handful of extremely useful videos. Had this channel existed 23 years ago, I could’ve saved thousands of dollars and many late nights. Brilliant resource, and excellent academic refresher.
Ah, thanks for the kind comment. I’m glad you enjoyed.
I sometimes wonder how my life may have been different if CZcams had been available like this 20 or 30 years ago!
Ok this sure made a massive change to enhance pretty much all the pieces I play. Kind of going back to my first piano lesson. You gave me enough to think and experiment with to last me for the rest of my life. I’m 78 and went back to the ivories 2 yrs ago after over 55 yrs. Thank you so much. Hats of to you. Plan to watch all your videos over time🫶🫶👍👍🙏
Glad to hear you returned to your first love. Too many abandon it entirely. :)
Ah cheers Bill! Thanks for your comment. I’m really pleased that you found it useful and will get you experimenting! Happy new year! 🎹🎵🥳
Enjoy! Feel the same about this as I get back at the piano at 70 myself. He’s the best I’ve found on CZcams.
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This was more than a class, it truly was a masterclass. Please consider all possibilities to continue with these masterclasses because it was amazing! You are great and thanks for sharing this with us.
Aw thanks man. Very kind of you to say so. I appreciate the encouragement. New video on its way tomorrow evening. 👍🏼
As an “ear trained” musician with an affinity towards the Diminished, this video has explained in the clearest terms, what I knew I was hearing and so from this awareness, I can craft the songs I naturally hear. Bravo 🙌🏿🙏🏿💯
Thanks man, appreciate the nice comment. Happy exploring!
Brilliant stuff. You are so knowledgable and explain things so well. I love your dry humour and self-effacing britishness! Many, many thanks from NZ.
Thanks Mark! Glad you're enjoying the content and great to know I'm connecting with people in New Zealand! 👋
Thanks for the comment, I appreciate the support 🙏
I love how you teach these concepts about music🙂 All of a sudden it's easier to think about the diminished chord and how it can be used
Awesome! Really pleased the video’s been useful. Thanks for your comment, it’s much appreciated! 🙏
Michael thank you so much for Raytheon time to explain this to us.
This material is incredibly useful.
Your approach is clear and straightforward, especially for such a complex topic.
Please keep the music theory lessons coming!
Arthur
Washington state, USA
Hi Arthur! Thanks for you kind comment, really pleased you found it useful! 👍
Top-notch Michael. Lovely delivery as well. Thank you.
Thanks Robbie, I’m pleased you enjoyed it and hopefully got something out of it. Cheers.
This is an excellent resource for study of the diminished chord and the altered scale. I am a guitarist of many years and have been fascinated by the sound and versatility of the diminished scale since way back when I first listened to Django Reinhardt. The concept of lowering any note in a diminished chord to create a dominant 7th is a topic has been covered in great depth by the late great Pat Martino.
The idea of the chord being used as a pivot chord and your presentation and explanation with the graphics is as good and probably better than anything I've ever seen on the subject. Also I must add that I came across your work just a few days ago and have thoroughly enjoyed your presentation of the subject matter. I don't usually subscribe to channels, however I feel compelled to do so to yours.
Thank you.
Thanks for your comment Enzo! A fellow diminished lover! Really nice to hear you're enjoying the content, thanks for watching and leaving a comment, and the sub much appreciated! 🙏
Super lesson
Grazie mille
Ciao dall'Italia
I don't often comment on music theory vids, but this video is briliant, especially the point on how diminished chords are very closely related to dominant 7th chords!
Well I really appreciate your comment so thank you for doing so! I’m glad you’ve found it useful! Cheers!
so many interesting angles on these themes. Really appriciate your videos.
Thanks for watching more video Daniel, glad you're enjoying the content!
this was fantastic...please do not stop with these unique videos
Cheers Daniel! 👍
great teacher, I've watched several videos about the same topics but you are one of the best
Ah cheers Greg! Appreciate your kind words 🙏
I’m learning so much ! It’s like my ears are opening up and connecting sounds it had heard in great songs with the theory.
Thank you so much- much love from India
Thanks Prash! Really great to hear your finding some value in the video, thanks for leaving a comment 🙏
Thank you for explaining this in a way that I finally understood after fearing the circle sign for years :D You are the best, wishing you millions of subs
Thanks for the comment Anugrah, really good to hear you found it valuable. Appreciate your kind words and the support, thank you 🙏
CZcams land really is what you make of it. Some like cute kitty clips, conspiracy theories and cranks. I have a soft spot for clear, concise content. Superb upload, good sir. Lots to play with. I’m going to merge this with triad inversions to attempt to make my progressions silky smooth. Thank you.
Cheers Mike! Glad you enjoyed it and found it useful. I’ve just been planning my next video, it’s all about conspiracy theories on cute kittens. 😜😂
Thanks for the comment. 🙏
Well done. A thinking man's essay on chord theory - like your stuff.
Cheers man, appreciate the kind comment. Thanks for watching! 🙏
Thank you! Very timely as I was just now trying to find a good way to modulate down a half step and this is perfect!
Great! Glad it helped out! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! 👍
Wow thank you very much I'm learning a lot.
Awesome, glad it's helpful! 👍
This video finally made diminished chords click for me. Thanks!
Awesome! So pleased you found it useful!
Also if you raise any note in a fully diminished 7th chord up a half step you'll get a half diminished chord - m7(b5)
You teach theory so well! Best I've found
Cheers Dan! I've just spent some time watching your content - SO GOOD. Nice work man. Was hearing a bit of Jackson Browne and Foy Vance in there. You've got a new fan. Keep it up man. 👍
Hello from Canada!
I’m a jazz guitarist and enjoy your presentation.
I find the altered voicings on guitar are more completely
revealed in piano examples.
Keep up the good work.
I’ve subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to more
videos.
Thanks Michael.
Thanks Tim! Yes, the piano is a wonderfully visual instrument and its layout does make learning a lot of theory a little easier! Glad you're enjoying the content, thanks for the sub 🙏
Gold right here. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you! My pleasure! Glad you found some value!
Michael, this has got to be one of the well explained pieces of music theory I have come across. Your explanation of what can be done with diminished chords has blown me away. I have always struggled with the idea of using diminished chords, you have opened up a new world for me to be able to express myself. I thank so very much you truly are a fantastic teacher I will be looking and learning from all your videos. Fantastic work. Thank you.
Ah Terry! Such a kind comment. I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and be so generous with your comment. When I started posting this sort of content a few months ago I hoped that maybe some people might find a little bit of value in the content and I’ve been blown away by comments like yours and only hope I can continue to provide value and hopefully grow into a little community. Thanks again 🙏🎹🎵
Speechless. You deserve so much more subs mate. You killed it.
Ah, cheers Robin, appreciate your kind comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. Subs are growing everyday so let's see where we end up! Thanks for the support.
Wowowow I’m impressed especially since I love diminished chords these give so many other ways to use it thank you
Cheers for your comment, I’m glad you found some useful bits in there!
Please keep making these videos Michael! I'm loving your content and am learning so much every time. I'm excited to finally start wrapping my head around these elusive and mysterious chords
Ah Andre, you’re killing me with kindness! Thanks for all your generous comments. Thanks for watching!
Yes Sir: You posted an excellent Chord Theory
course for learning.
1 What's So Special About Dominant Chords?
2 Modal Interchange | Borrowed Chords
3 Diminished Chords - Why they're the best!
4 Secondary Dominant chords
5 Tritone Substitutions | All you need to know
6 Altered Chords | What, Why, How.
Thank you.
High quality deconstructions - well and simply set out bravo - thank you for sharing and provoking practice !
Thank you for your kind words! 🙏
Glad you got something out of it. 👍🏼
Thank you SO MUCH!
You are very welcome Phil! I’m glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the comment 👍🏼
Incredibly useful!! 🙏🏻
Awesome! Happy exploring!
Love the channel! Informative. Not pandering. Just excellently communicated good stuff 🤩
Cheers man, really appreciate your kind comment 🙏
Better than most teachers on yt. Efficient and effective. Hope for more videos like this as I am learning theory on my own
Thanks Maui, I appreciate your kind words. Good luck with your music theory adventure, glad to hear I’m part of the journey. 👍🏼🎵🎹
very insightful really helped me understand diminished chords better
Thanks Ash, I’m really pleased you found it useful! 👍🏼
thank you, for awakening a new clarity in my musical thinking
Hey Jake, thanks for your comment! I’m pleased you found it useful or thought provoking!
Very straight lesson, no messing around. I loved the mixed passing chord and then pivot chord, makes so much sense
Glad you found something useful in there! Cheers for your comment 👍🏼
You are a gift my friend! Thank you so very much for this
Thanks Ashraf, I appreciate your kind words. Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏
Beautiful. Simple and easy to understand.
Thanks Keith! Really appreciate your comment! 🙏👍🏼🎹
Hmmm I like listening to this way of describing theory. You've got something here.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Id always loved diminished chords ❤ but never thought of using them to go to dominants chords! Great trick! Thanks again for this amazing content
Cheers again for your kind comment Corentin, super pleased you found something useful in there!
I really love your approach! I always try to take the same approach. When I watch your videos, I finally get the feeling that I'm not the only one who wants (so-called intellectual) music to be accessible to everyone. Well done for this simple but not simplistic content.
@@corentinmusique Ah thanks man. That means a lot. I posted my first video like these, about modes, because I felt I had something to say that people weren’t really talking about and the response inspired me to keep posting but I’m not sure my following videos have said anything that hundreds of other CZcamsrs haven’t already said but maybe it’s the approach I’m taking that seems to be landing well, even if I’m not saying anything new! Thanks for your comment mate. 👍🏼
In terms of music education content on Toutube, I mainly watch the videos of Music Matter and Ryan Leach. Their videos and approaches are very different, one is very academic, the other is more practical but both, like you, are very educational.
But I've never had the effect that I have with your videos. "Move a note in a diminished chord and you have another chord".
- .... how did I not think of this on my own before! 🤣
Anyway, it seems that even though you make the same videos on the same subjects as other CZcamsrs, you obviously always have something different to contribute.
Maybe it's because your approach to music is closer to my own sensibilities, but there's something in each of your videos that makes me think: my brain has just exploded!
For the record, I'm a composer in retraining after 18 years in the restaurant business! I live in Paris, France
Corentin
@@corentinmusique Thanks again Corentin for your encouragement. Connecting with people like yourself really do motivate me to keep posting. A new video on Secondary Dominants is just about finished, will be posting on Thursday evening, hopefully you'll feel the same about that video too!
I've spent the last 15 years working in the video production industry and have tried to keep playing but I'm at a similar stage where I'm hoping to go back into full time music. Best of luck with your music journey. Don't be a stranger. MK
I appreciate your teaching style. Thx
Thanks Kevin! Hopefully there was some useful stuff in there too. Thanks for taking the time to comment. 👍🏼
Your lessons are incredible! Again, thank you so much. You touched the subject of voice leading; that would make a good lesson🙂. Take care
Cheers, I appreciate the kind words. You're very welcome.
Wow this is a golden nugget thank you❤❤❤
Awesome! Glad you got some value from it. Thanks for the kind comment! 🙏
What a great video! Thank you. The way you think and express fits well with how I learn. Thanks again. You have really helped me with my reemergence into my piano playing. You are now my teacher. Thanks again!
Hey Anthony! Thanks so much for your kind comment. I’m so pleased that you’re finding my little videos so useful. 👍🏼🎹🎵
Aah this has helped me understand Pat Martino symmetry parent forms on guitar Very helpful !!! Thanks for your insight
Awesome, glad it was helpful. Thanks for leaving a comment.
If you take a diminished chord and raise one note by a semitone it becomes the fifth of a m6 chord.
Minor 6th is my new favourite chord. Because it contains a tritone between the third and the sixth you can do all the same tritone substitution tricks as you can with a dominant.
Wow, that was a lot of valuable information. Thank you for sharing it with us !
So pleased you got some value from it. Thanks for your comment, really appreciate it. 👍🏼
EXCELLENT explanation! Well thought out and informative video, thanks!
Ah, cheers for the kind comment, glad you enjoyed it!
Great lesson Michael. Thank you!
Cheers Richard! I appreciate the comment!
Super helpful and very nicely explained. Thank you!
Thanks Jon, I appreciate your comment! 👍🏼
In b4 this channel absolutely explodes into stardom. Another excellent video
Cheers Chili Dawg! That would be nice, let's hope you're right!
excellent video! this was extremely helpful. Love your channel
Awesome, super pleased you found it useful. Thanks for watching and thanks a bunch for the kind comment! 🙏
Thank you! Very nicely presented.
You’re very welcome Mark! Thanks for your comment 👍🏼
Terrific concepts.........thanks.
Excellent explanation. Thanks.
Cheers for the comment. I appreciate it. 👍🏼
The writing is where the magic is. Videos like this are really helpful in showing how we can add a little something to make our compositions a little bit more special. Thanks.
I thought it was the lighting. Maybe it's the writing and the lighting.
Great video! Will look for more.
Cheers! 👍🏼🎹
Thank you - and now i want to check more of your videos.
Welcome! Feel free to browse around and just let me know if you need any help. 😉
Man these are great. You're growing fast too. Good job. I subbed yesterday and I'm almost ready to switch to piano.
Ha! Thanks, glad you’re enjoying the content and it’s inspiring you to play piano! 🎹
Super cool 😎 methods of thinking & approaching the subject.
Cheers man, glad you enjoyed it 👍🏼🎹🎵
a lot of top knowledge hereeee 🤯
Cheers Abe! Hope found some useful stuff in there somewhere! 👍🏼
Boom!
I love it ❤️
Great info. Much thnx.
Cheers Daniel! 👍🏼
I've watched so many videos on this topic. I'm subbed to 12 tone but maybe I missed that one. This is the first time anyone has clearly laid it all out for me in one vid. Thanks so much for sharing! ❤ Just subbed here too, btw. Great channel!
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful and appreciate the sub! Definitely check out the 12tone vid too, link is in the description.
@@michaelkeithson I did. It's an old one. Probably why I missed it. He's one of my favorite teachers here. He does break it down well, but it seems this is a topic that is easier to grasp than to employ. Gonna take quite a bit of practice on my part. Thanks again.
this is insane
wait ive just binge watched a ton of your videos and you've only got 8k subs, you 100000% deserve more!!
Ah cheers man, onwards and upwards hopefully! Thanks for the comment 👍🏼
Top notch 🎉
Cheers Tim 🙏
This is great !!!
Thanks. Super pleased you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Been playing diminished chord forever yet never thought to use them the same way I would use a sus chord. Thank you kind sir
You are welcome Dr. Uke! Glad there was something you could takeaway from the video! Cheers for the comment 👍🏼
I enjoyed the lesson
Really nice content mate !
Cheers David, I appreciate your comment. Thanks and a Happy New Year to you too!
Fascinating, thanks 😀
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks..Enjoyed this video. I would also enjoy hearing an exposition of the whole-tone scale, which is one of my favorites to experiment with, especially in a 3/x or 6/x rhythm (or using triplets in 4/4). Can create quite an other-worldly sound, which at one time or another everyone has heard in a Mystery or Suspense movie scene..
Another small point to make in regards to your first point is that the 3 diminished chords have no repeating notes. And since each dim chord has 4 notes, this means you are playing all 12 tones of western music with just those 3 chords. So if we call them C, C# and D, you can play all twelve notes of the piano in those 3 dim chords with no repeats. This also helps to understand why there are only 3 dim chords.
Thanks for the comment David! Good observation. 👍🏼
Amazing
Cheers Kevin! 👍
Great thanks
Excellent video! Changing any one of the notes by a semi tone becomes a dominant. That’s hip my friend. Thanks!
Yeah, I can’t take credit for that, I first heard Jacob Collier talking about it!
Good video,thankyou.
Cheers Nick! 👍🏼
Precisely how I view the Dom7th/Dim 7 connection. Just flat one note at a time in any of the 3 Diminished chords to slip into a Dom 7th chord. Well done. Well clarified. The Dim chords are essential "pivot" chords to 4 different keys which can all be seen clearly on the Circle of 5ths as per their resolve. You simply must be able to perceive the theoretically correct movements to achieve the potential musical directions you can go in. Once you see the altered chordal movements, you can modulate and pivot to many new sounding keys and chord progressions.It's not rocket science. It is musical science.
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Yup 👍🏼. Thanks 🫡
One thing ive noticed is diminshed chords also have three options for its 7th. A dim 7th, min 7th, or a maj 7th.
That chromatic sequence of dim7 chords sounds like the beginning of a Specials song. Ghost Town if I'm not mistaken. Played on an organ. Iconic sound.
Thanks for this video. I have been exploring dim7 chord use for a while now and so many videos come up but this one is great.
Thank you! I’ll check out that tune, not familiar with it by name. 👍🏼
I have found the study of music theory in my eighties! I have learnt to noodle a bit in any key and am trying hard to really improvise. I must be progressing if I started to understand your marvellous explanation of Dim 7 chord issues and scale. You have got me further motivated to look at some of your other videos. Thanks a million.
Ah Peter! It’s so cool that your exploring all this stuff in your eighties, I hope I’m still as keen to learn when I’m your age. Thanks for being here, I’m super pleased to be part of your journey.
I like to think about dim chords in the context of other repeating patterns - specifically patterns that repeat at every octave. For example there’s the whole tone pattern where each note is a tone apart. - C, D, E, F#, G#, A#, C. There are only two of these. And then you can have a major third pattern such as C, E, G#, C. There are four of these. And then there’s the tritone pattern, such as C, F#, C. There are six of these. And then of course the very well known octave pattern - such as C3, C4. There are twelve of those. Oh, and don’t forget the chromatic scale itself - only 1 of those! The reason why these patterns exist is because there are 12 notes in western music and twelve is evenly divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12. And this explains why we don’t see a similar pattern involving perfect 4ths - you can’t get from, say, C3 to C4 using perfects 4ths. That’s because a perfect 4th is 5 semitones and five doesn’t divide 12 evenly. All of these patterns have a sort of unresolved, ethereal sound. And composers and improvisers have made good use of all of them.
@@Pseudify Gotta love those symmetrical scales!
This is great stuff! Thank you so much. I'm studying Barry Harris' material and this fits in so nicely and gives me all sorts of new insights. Love it! Your last tip blew my mind. New territory and sounds so much like Flameno as we go into Phrygian territory. Super hot!
Hey Brett, thanks for your comment. Glad you found some useful bit in there. Just to clarify I was talking about the 'phrygian dominant' scale over the 7b9 chord, which is the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, not the 'Phrygian' which is the 3rd mode of the major scale.
So with a G7b9 (playing an F dim over the G root) you could play a C harmonic minor scale which incorporates all the notes of the G7b9 chord. Starting on a G that would be called G Phrygian Dominant scale.
HOWEVER, you are able to play a Phrygian scale over a dominant chord, as you suggested, although it would be over a 7b9sus chord, not really the diminished shape idea. So a G7b9sus includes all the notes from the G phrygian scale (Eb major would be the parent major). This is a great sound, definitely worth playing around with. Importantly, the Phrygian scale doesn't include the major 3rd which is why it doesn't work as well with a standard 7b9 chord. I'm thinking of making a video about the Phrygian sus chord.
Hope that helps!
@@michaelkeithson, Yes that makes sense. You're stretching my music theory into new territory with this concept and I love it. Lots to learn and play with here. Thank you for taking the time to clarify.
@@BrettRhodesLCSW No worries. Happy practising!
Don't know how much I'm 'learning' since my lasting impression is that what you've 'explained' seems, to me, to be, literally MAGIC. I would get so much more out of the video if I had a better understanding of music theory, and, better yet, had some performance experience (I have none in my 75 years). Wonderful new sense of possibilities. Thanks for opening up a new world, for me, Michael.
Thanks for your comment Martin! Yes, most of my educational videos are aimed at people with an existing foundation of music theory knowledge but hopefully there were some bits you could glean. I have been thinking about doing an ‘introduction to music theory’ video, maybe that would useful for you. Thanks for watching the video and a very happy new year to you! 🥳
That's good! From now on I will only play these chords!
Ha! Yes, please from now on only use diminished chords!
9:15 There is more! I wanted to share the knowledge I gained when I first heard of this concept. I told myself upon learning to pivot anywhere from a diminished chord by turning them into seventh chords, what if instead of dropping any note a semitone, I go one semitone up? So I did that and the result was mindblowing, you'll always get a minor sixth chord. Which is the negative harmony version or the second strongest pulling point back to the tonic. [The tonic can be minor or major it doesn't really matter]. The cool thing about it is that when you take a fully diminished chord and go a semitone up the tone you're going up will always be the root of the chord to which the minor 6 chord you got will lead you to. Learning this I took the concept back to the sevenths approach and learned that the tone you lower there has a similar thing to it, it will always be the fifth interval of the root the seventh chord is leading you to.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
I definitely felt I could have added another two or three reasons but not sure anyone would sit through a 30min video on diminished chords!
We would.
@@silphv that's the diminished Christmas spirit 😆🎄
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Ah Roy, you’re too kind. Thank you 🙏
Thank you. That was interesting
It would be a fun exercise to write an entire song only using diminished chords. Maybe not the most pleasant, but a fun concept idea for me.
Hey Cresc, I’d be interested to hear the results although I agree it’s unlikely to be very satisfying. The inherent instability and dissonance of the dim7 may seem incomplete without some resolutions! Happy exploring though!👍🏼
Thank you. I knew about most of what you spoke about in this video, but also picked up some useful tips. Shan from Jazz Skills very recently uploaded a great video discussing diminished chords and creating movements within them. If you haven't already, I'd recommend checking it out. For your viewers who are still relatively new to Dim 7 chords, you may want to use the word inversions a little more in order for the concept to be more easily understood, but you did a great job of explaining anyway.
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Thanks for the sub! I’ve only recently discovered the Jazz Skills channel, some good stuff there, I’ll to find the diminished chords vid.
Thanks for the tip too.👍🏼
I am a self-taught musician, and diminished chords were one aspect of musical harmony which I first learned, due to their engaging simplicity. Given the dodecaphonic series, that is, the fact of the octave as an axiomatically and radically structural feature of western musical expression, there are two characteristics of this chord which are outstanding: (1) it comprises four notes, and (2) its constituent interval is always the same, a minor third. If we do the same thing with the interval of a major third, and construct chords where each interval is uniformly the same, the result is an augmented fifth, either in its root position or first or second inversion. So just as there are effectively only three diminished chords consisting of four tones, there are only four augmented fifth chords consisting of three tones. The fourth tone always signifies the octave, the basis of the structure of the series.
Yeah the augmented triads have a lot of similar qualities. And of course the tritone, not enough notes to be called a chord but there are similarly only six of them, and their symmetry gives us tritone substitutions - each tritone can imply either of two dominant chords just like how a diminished 7th can resolve in four directions (a dim7 is just two tritones after all).
You can also make scales by taking two or more tritones, it's arbitrary which ones just like with the diminished scale. There are some interesting scales to find there that can be used to play over various chords. Also all the dim scales are in there and also the two whole tone scales. Oh yeah, whole tone scales, the two sets of six. This is why we like twelve so much.
@@silphv Yes, we do like twelve as a modulus; it has more divisors - 2 ,3, 4, and 6 - than ten, the modulus of our arithmetic. It took me some time to appreciate the augmented fifth; I remember reading that it was the 'favourite' (paraphrased) chord of Chopin. I think it's an acquired taste. We could argue that the tritone - diabolus in musica as it became known - is more like an interval than a chord - which, because it is simpler, makes it even more interesting. Intervals are more interesting to me than are chords, at least initially, because they occur in two species: harmonic and melodic. This pertains to my obsession with time and my pursuit of a semiotics of music. If the two notes of any interval are sounded successively, then, necessarily they are distinguished as a before and an after. They are temporally ordered, or, successive. But if the same two notes (or more than two) are sounded simultaneously, in a sense they are outside time, they are timeless. Any philosophical, and that is, metaphysical discussion of time must reckon, or so I reckon, with the fact that temporality and atemporality ('eternity' if you prefer) mutually imply one another.
Great content… My goal is to master the diminished chords use and be able to use them in every possible situation 🙏🏽❤️
Thanks! Good luck with your diminished quest!
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Re dim7th chords…I also love Barry Harris’ work with his 6 Dim7th scale and the magic of the dim7 and how it kinda becomes a diatonic chord within his hybrid scale. Some call it the be-bop scale but it’s MUCH more in Barry’s hands. I’m sure youre aware. Anyway enjoyed your content! Cheers
Oh and I use the dim7 chord as a nice rootless voicing for a Dom7(b9)
@@ogdenphotographics Cheers for watching and thanks for your comment. Yeah, agreed about Barry Harris!