Don't be scared - they are the easiest to use and most fun chords! I show you 5 ways to use them here...
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If you're not using these fairly often it may be because you need to get to know them better (to know them is to love them).
Today we meet - get to know and learn to appreciate - the AWESOME diminished chord...
Diminished chords make their appearance in all styles of music, classical, pop, heavy metal etc...
WATCH (learn 5 ways to use DIMINISHED chords):
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NOTES:
In the video you learn 5 ways to use the diminished chord. Anyone - even a beginner - will be able to write beautiful chord progressions with these right away, or use them as a substitute...
When diminished chords are used as passing chords and in chord substitution diminished 7 chords are used - NOT diminished triads. Diminished 7 chords may simply be called diminished chords or fully diminished chords.
Diminished triads are rarely used... And should not be used for the examples in the video or the examples I explain here.
INTERESTING NOTE: Take the diminished chord form and lower any one note by 1/2 step and you will notice you have a dominant chord form!
Using secondary diminished chords will sound similar to secondary dominants as a result.
EX: Secondary dominant for Am would be 1202 (E7) and the secondary diminished would be G#dim 1212 - Notice only one note is different.
Any secondary diminished chord could be a secondary dominant if you lower one note by 1/2 step - check it out and experiment with a few.
The secondary diminished will give you a more dramatic or intense sound than the secondary dominant. If you want something wilder than the secondary dominant - this is it...
Like the secondary dominants - these create tension and resole, EX: G#dim (tension) - Am (resolution).
The G# diminished in the last example is the same chord as the B diminished which we learn in the video can sub for the V chord (the G).
HOMEWORK: Try this with other chord progressions (learn how to create chord progressions in any key) - you'll find diminished chords in my chord book (it's FREE) but you should try and find them yourself as I indicate in the video.
Here's the uke I use in the video (to play the examples): Kala KA-EBY-TE Ebony Tenor Acoustic-Electric Ukulele. Love that uke - use it for performances. The Audio is recorded with this: Tascam DR-40X Four Track Handheld Recorder and USB Interface - it's a 4 track recorder so it'll come in handy for some great sounding home recording - or for you to record you next album!
Grab the FULL COLOR PDF of all the slides in the video here (Patreon members).
I talk about secondary dominants in the video - here's more information and a complete lesson on them... - Secondary dominants are used in the same way that secondary diminished chords are..
Learn more about how to simplify chords here with my book "Ukulele Chord Tricks: Simplify Any Chord"
To learn how to create beautiful chord progressions in any key - get my "Secrets of the Chord Chain" books.
FREE PDF's - Chord book and all scales harmonized with chords (with related articles):
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