Understanding Diminished 7 Chords | Using the Double-Flatted 7 Interval

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Diminished chords are hard to understand, but that’s only because you don’t understand them. (?) Don’t worry! I’m going to lay it all out for you plainly and simply. This is the first lesson in a series on diminished 7 chords. In this lesson we’ll learn what the chord is and where it comes from, clearing up some of the confusing terms and concepts surrounding these chords.

-----🎧LESSON INDEX-----

0:00 Lesson Intro
0:37 Diminished Triads
1:50 Half Diminished 7 Chords
3:38 Full Diminished 7 Chords!
6:27 What Key Are We In?
7:13 Wrap-up

-----💡 LESSON TOPICS-----

♪ Technically, a diminished chord means a diminished TRIAD, which is 1-b3-b5
♪ Half-diminished 7 chords are more commonly known as minor 7 b5 chords, which have a 1-b3-b5-b7
♪ Diatonic m7b5 chords are built off of scale degree 7 in major keys or scale degree 6 in minor keys
♪ Full diminished 7 chords are like half-diminished 7s but with a double-flatted 7; that’s 1-b3-b5-bb7
♪ Because of the double-flatted 7, the diminished 7 chord does not fit into ANY key!
♪ In the next lesson we’ll look more deeply into the structure of the diminished 7 chord as well as its shape on the guitar to see how it is uniquely versatile in Western harmonies.

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