Building Diminished 7 Chords | Stacked Minor 3rds on the Guitar Neck

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In the last lesson on diminished 7 chords we looked at building these chords using scale degrees, including the double-flatted 7. In this lesson we will see how this chord is unique among 7th chords and how we can take advantage of this, particularly on the guitar, getting all 12 possible chords with just 1 shape and in just 3 positions.

-----🎧LESSON INDEX-----

0:00 Lesson Intro
0:35 Stacked Minor 3rds
3:21 The Root
3:56 Enharmonic Equivalents
1 Shape, 3 Positions, 12 chords
8:19 Finding Your Chord
9:26 Wrap-Up

-----💡 LESSON TOPICS-----

♪ The 4 notes of a diminished 7 chord are all separated by a minor 3rd, including the octave.
♪ Since the notes of these chords are all the same distance apart, any one of them can be thought of as the root.
♪ The root of any diminished 7 chord is really determined by the bass. Whatever you want your bass player to play, that's what you should name your chord.
♪ Enharmonic equivalents are the same notes but called by different names, like F# and Gb
♪ Just one shape on the guitar in 3 positions gives us all 12 possible diminished 7 chords

-----🎥 RELATED VIDEOS-----

Diminished Chords - Part 1 (0:07)
🔴 Understanding Diminished 7 Chords | Using the Infamous the Double-Flatted 7


bb7 Explained (0:58)
🔴 Intervals in Music 3: Augmented and Diminished Intervals | Sharp, Flat, and Double Flat | Sharp, Flat, and Double Flat


Minor Intervals (1:13)
🔴 Intervals in Music 2: Minor Intervals | Understanding Flat and Minor Intervals


Which note is right? (4:54)
🔴 Intervals in Music 5: Spelling in Music | Know Which Note to Choose


-----📝DOCUMENTS-----

🔵 Diminished 7 Chords PDF


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