In a world full of guitar teachers whose advice on diminished chords is usually "just ignore them for now" -- where "for now" means "for EVER" -- this has been the most valuable 30 minutes I've spent on RUclips all year. Thank you! 🤘
@@soundguitar I am, and I've been playing with this for a few hours now, but I'm wondering something: If you can slide that C#dim7 up three frets and have the same chord, why aren't you doing that, since it lays right on top of the Dmin? Is that just a preference, or is there theory behind it that I'm not getting?
@@crashdaddy261 Happy to help, but I don't understand the question. Sorry, can you rephrase? Why am I not doing that when? I often do do that. I'd love to answer as best I can. Thanks!
@@soundguitar I figured it out. It's because you're demonstrating the 5th-String Root Dim7 chord, which is why you were using it where you were (in the demonstration). So that the C# would be the note on the 5th string. I took the fact that you can slide a Dim7 chord three frets and still have the same chord as an excuse to play it in the same position where you were playing the Dmin. Because it's fun and makes my fingers do this crazy little dance when I play them both on top of each other. If that makes any sense...
Thanks so much, Antoine!! -- For anyone reading this, check out Antoine's channel! Also, he has a great diminished chords lesson that will reinforce info from this lesson and provide additional insights of his own: ruclips.net/video/uTDQKuMXzqM/видео.html
Not many instructors are as thorough as you Jared, not to mention your originality - for students like me that haven't done music school or private teaching, it's truly a gift! Thanks mate!
Thanks so much! That kind of feedback helps a lot-It helps me continue to move towards just being myself and teaching the way I want to instead of worrying about what's the most "youtube friendly" 🙏 🙏 🙏 cheers, ~~ Jared
i really dig the flow this guy has. not speaking too slowly not too fast not trying to steer you to his patreon so he can take up hours of your time to keep milking you. this guy gives really lays it on you. hell of an instructor.
I have been playing guitar for 60 years - Rock, Blues, and Jazz. This is the best lesson I have ever seen period - since Jared tells how to use this chord to function in so many ways in music. Thanks Jared!
Aloha Jared* This is the best clear and comprehensive explanation I've seen on Diminished Chords! Like many of your other videos, superb. 3-shot editing w/ graphics we appreciate it! Very professional and will always be a classic reference for many.
Jared, my mind is blown! This title isn't even click-bait! I'm so happy to see your channel gaining momentum. I really felt the joy in this lesson! Thank you 🤟
love the way you teach ... moving through the various forms with explanation . So much info to digest ... best 32 minutes of guiter I have seen on youtube ever . THANK YOU.
The idea of a half step from below or a whole step from above is indeed a game changer. I wish I had known this 500 hours of diminished chord study ago :) Alas, the understanding gained will still be useful (hopefully). Thanks for another excellent lesson. The light bulb is finally on.
This is really unbelievable,this 30 minutes lesson really was astonishing,didnt know i can open up the fretboard using dim chords,goota hand it to you buddy 👏👏👏👏👏👏 simply WOW!!
I've understood more in the space of time this video took that what I've understood in the last few months! I'm not a guitarist but dabble on the bass & composition - Thank you!!
I think of the bb7 (double flat 7) as simply differentiating the note from the 'normal' dominant 7th of the scale. For example, if we take the key of C, the dominant 7th would be Bb (B flat). So there could be a temptation to associate the 7th in a diminished chord with the dominant 7 of the scale, which would be incorrect. As you pointed out, the 7th in a C diminished is actually an A - one tone down from Bb (the C scale dominant 7th!), so calling it a double flat 7 is actually a good choice. 🙂
Incredible. Detailed and accessible. I appreciate how you were able to deliver so much rich information with accessible language and approachable examples.
Wow, simply wow ... this is for sure one of the most valuable lessons I followed in a long time. Precious 32 minutes. Thank you very much for that. Will follow and look for the other ones. BUT: since I am very inspired to pick up my guitar for hours now ... I have to explain to my wife that all the work that has to be done in our garden will have to be rescheduled 😇🤣
In our Lutheran hymnal, one of our canticles modulates from Dm to G at the end by going Dm - C - F - Bb - Adim7 - Gmin7 - D/F# - G. It sounds awesome! Great video!
That's cool, Jared! I'm so glad that i ran across this video. (I came here from the video in the email on 3/26. You were going through using the dim chords as steps between the chords in the scale of C, and you mentioned this video, which is "all about dim chords.") It is! And i know enough theory to really appreciate it. It's really a fascinating thing, the C dim7 (or any dim 7 chord), all of its properties, and ways it can be used. You hooked me! I will learn the 3 shapes well, and start using them often in my playing, impeovising, and song writing. Thanks again, Jared! 👍 👌
Really good topic. I love your channel. I try to shout you out in comments under other peoples videos. The info and presentation are great. I cant say enough how much i appreciate this channel not being modern guitar culture nonsense, skits and jokes, sponsor flexing/endless box openings from companies that loan you guitars, and cut scenes or references. And stupid titles where you have to guess what the video is about. Personally i intentionally avoid videos where i have to guess what its about. The time spent waiting is never worth the time and makes me stop watching channels regularly. Just quality education info that's practical to use. At least for me it is. Thanks again
WOW, thanks SO much for the shoutouts! That's one of the most helpful things to do so I really appreciate it! Also, your honest feedback is extremely helpful. I've certainly tried my hand at the teaser-click titles, but I always felt icky doing that. I'm glad to hear that a straight forward topic focused on teaching well with no gimmicks is actually desired. This approach is where I'm in my true element so I'll keep it up. It's funny, when I first started on youtube I was putting out videos like this-super deep, practical, with specific exercises-but I got insecure that people wanted to be entertained on RUclips instead of learning. Now that my channel has some growth one of my earliest videos started getting more views - a 40 minutes lesson on 5 levels of how to master major scales! (ruclips.net/video/qfNK6NgJRy0/видео.html) That was a signal to me that I should just be myself and teach in the thorough way that I want to and the right people will find it. Anyway, thanks again!!! ~~ Jared
Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge, composing the "chords with color" and "printable parent scales" booklets, and giving those out as free resources. I've spent so much time re-googling the same things over the years, and to have everything in one clear place is so relieving in a way I didn't even think I need to be relieved. Thanks for saving me time to play more!!!--- Subscribed
I have been fascinated with diminished chords for a long time. But this lesson seriously enhances my understanding of how to apply them in comping. So simple. Thanks.
Thanks for the information. I've been working on trying to figure out how to incorporate diminished chords into my playing and you just explained it so well. Unbelievable how simple the patterns and shapes are with the way you broke it down. This opened up a whole other chapter in my knowledge and I'm already having a blast using the chords to modulate and jump to the different voicings. Definitely feel like this is going to get me out of that rut.
Glad you liked it! Thanks so much for sharing it with your daughter. Sharing the videos is one of the most helpful things and I really appreciate that :) I hope she finds it useful as well. Cheers - Jared
I’m only 60% through but just have to stopand say that this is the clearest explanation of diminhed chords I have seen. Absolutely excellent, thank you. Subscribed. I might be wrong but this seems to be one of the ways Joe Pas used to get around the guitar neck so defty… I’m thinking in particular of his album “Virtuoso” which I imagine you know…. (In the unlikely event that you don’t know it then would highly recommend it)
Another great lesson from Jared. This is high quality instruction rarely found in so much detail on youtube. I purchased 3 of his courses and they are excellent, they helped me improve my understanding of music theory as well as my playing. The theory plus the exercises are high quality. Diminished chords are so interesting to me, most instructors skip them, focusing only on major, minor, and dominant. Jared lays out a master class telling us everything there is to know.
Tremendously refreshing information and might I add, very well-produced videos. Like most of us, I have watched many-not just guitar, of course. Yours are among the best. Succinct, very well paced and conveying a contagious enthusiasm for music and its intersection with guitar.
Hello Jared, I've been following religiously all of your free content on RUclips and I feel like a complete different guitar player. I have a metal background and understanding theory with your videos was a complete game changing. I was very interested in your Nail the Changes course however I cannot afford it, do you have any suggestions or alternatives to improve to the next level?
Hi Devan. Thanks for watching and following along! I'm so glad to hear that my lesson are helping :) ~~ I totally understand not being able to afford the premium courses so no worries on that - what I recommend for getting to the next level just takes a little more work in terms of being organized and strategic but it's very possible. Decide your specific goal for what the the next level means to you and what you need to work on to get there, search my library of free videos to get exercises and training on those topics (just use the search on my main youtube page), then get super clear on what exercises you're going to master and be consistent with them. Update the structure and routine you're doing as needed. With a practice structure like that, and clarity on where you're trying to go, you'll level up big time. Let me know how it goes and reach out with questions anytime. ~~ cheers, -Jared
I've just now found ure channel. Lovin ure style, at last I feel like I've got a start connection to dim chords. Thank you. Incidentally we've got very similar electric guitars
Hi Jared, excellent lesson. I have instinctively picked up on diminished chords this year and this content has helped greatly in that it has given focus and direction to this way of playing for myself. It's very exciting for me to know that I can progress while having fun, while removing at the same time the dreaded players block I have been going through of late as regards to pretty much everything guitar and regurgitating the same old stuff. Is there a lesson on your picking style for these progressions and more besides?😉
Thanks so much! I'm glad to help anyone get past players block :) Regarding the picking style, are you interested in my picking with the actual pick, or my fingerstyle? I switch between those in this lesson. I can point you towards videos those things for sure. For example, here's a hybrid picking lesson which is one of the techniques I use often: ruclips.net/video/Ma6yYttz7lE/видео.html
This is a great video! Very thorough and well taught! Thank you very much. I was thinking that, strictly speaking, a diminished 7th chord consists of 3 stacked minor 3rd intervals followed by an augmented 2nd interval to arrive at the root of the chord an octave above the starting note.
When naming notes in a diminished scale, I like to use: 1 2 b3 4 b5 #5 6 7 (1). That way, you have 5 common tones with the major scale and 3 altered tones. I find it easier to process.
Excellent point! To reiterate for others reading: bb7 to 1 is technically the interval of an augmented 2nd, not a minor 3rd. Thanks for pointing that out here, Peter!
Wish I could give more likes. Your presentations have been quite amazing from what I have seen so far. I can follow you considerably more effortlessly than Ted Greene, who I had previously turned to when trying to increase my music theory and how it applies to the guitar. After watching this I have determined woodshedding these ideas and techniques will definitely help me. And that video you did on shell chords was an awesome one also. Live Long and Prosper Jared.🎶
Great question! Thanks for the request. Here's a video on inversions and voicings of dominant 7th chords: ruclips.net/video/ND-PumPh3yw/видео.html. It's not the exact same type of video I did here with diminished, but I think you'll appreciate it if you're looking for dominant 7 info. Cheers and thanks for watching! :) -Jared
Big thanks. I know dim7 can resolve to Maj or Min chord a half step above. But down a whole step is an a additional vocabulary. But what is the theory about it?
Need clarification please : A is the Diminished 7 interval of B? Referring to the C Diminished chord. When I count C to C I get 9 notes and not 8 as the Major scale. Apologies if you deem this a dumb question. I thank you in anticipation.
Fantastic presentation! I knew some of the facts you presented, but didn't give them much if any thought and haven't really took any time to work with/on them. Diminished chords can definitely be considered the missing link(s)! Oops, I'm sorry I failed to address you by name, Jared. I'll be viewing other of your presentations, to be sure.
Please make a video in this style to the tension and release using augmented chords off the tonic to the 4th then the borrowed 4th of that minor scale back to home (wake me up when september ends things) but the tonic to the 4 reminds me of dead sea by the lumineers
![5 Easy Ways to Use and Write with Diminished Chords [MUSIC THEORY - CHORD PROGRESSIONS]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/koulaYcijEE/mqdefault.jpg)
🎸 Get my FREE, amazing chord options chart called ‘Chords with Color’ → bit.ly/32UF6cQ
Hopefully i have that in PDF
In a world full of guitar teachers whose advice on diminished chords is usually "just ignore them for now" -- where "for now" means "for EVER" -- this has been the most valuable 30 minutes I've spent on RUclips all year. Thank you! 🤘
So glad to hear that! Thanks for watching and commenting :) Cheers ~~ Jared
@@soundguitar I am, and I've been playing with this for a few hours now, but I'm wondering something:
If you can slide that C#dim7 up three frets and have the same chord, why aren't you doing that, since it lays right on top of the Dmin?
Is that just a preference, or is there theory behind it that I'm not getting?
@@crashdaddy261 Happy to help, but I don't understand the question. Sorry, can you rephrase? Why am I not doing that when? I often do do that. I'd love to answer as best I can. Thanks!
@@soundguitar I figured it out. It's because you're demonstrating the 5th-String Root Dim7 chord, which is why you were using it where you were (in the demonstration). So that the C# would be the note on the 5th string.
I took the fact that you can slide a Dim7 chord three frets and still have the same chord as an excuse to play it in the same position where you were playing the Dmin.
Because it's fun and makes my fingers do this crazy little dance when I play them both on top of each other.
If that makes any sense...
iAgree! Thanks for this great lesson! really helped clear some things for me/
Such an outstanding, comprehensive, complete lesson on diminished chords. We should be paying for this, Jared! Love this 🙂
Thanks so much, Antoine!! -- For anyone reading this, check out Antoine's channel! Also, he has a great diminished chords lesson that will reinforce info from this lesson and provide additional insights of his own: ruclips.net/video/uTDQKuMXzqM/видео.html
Not many instructors are as thorough as you Jared, not to mention your originality - for students like me that haven't done music school or private teaching, it's truly a gift! Thanks mate!
Thanks so much! That kind of feedback helps a lot-It helps me continue to move towards just being myself and teaching the way I want to instead of worrying about what's the most "youtube friendly" 🙏 🙏 🙏 cheers, ~~ Jared
@@soundguitar Nice 😄 definitely one of the first channels and email lists I recommend to friends, wish you every success!
i really dig the flow this guy has. not speaking too slowly not too fast not trying to steer you to his patreon so he can take up hours of your time to keep milking you. this guy gives really lays it on you. hell of an instructor.
I like it but do feel that he doesn’t stop talking to even take a breath. It bothers me enough to make it difficult to listen to
You really improved my playing and my knowledge with this informative video, thank you. You are an excellent teacher.
Happy to hear that! :) Thanks for watching ~~ J
I have been playing guitar for 60 years - Rock, Blues, and Jazz. This is the best lesson I have ever seen period - since Jared tells how to use this chord to function in so many ways in music. Thanks Jared!
I have been playing guitar for 40 years.... subscribed, liked, notifications on!
Aloha Jared* This is the best clear and comprehensive explanation I've seen on Diminished Chords! Like many of your other videos, superb. 3-shot editing w/ graphics we appreciate it! Very professional and will always be a classic reference for many.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching and for the positive feedback. That means a lot :) Cheers, ~~ Jared
Highly informative, organized comprehensive overview on diminished chords. Thank you, Jared!
Jared, my mind is blown! This title isn't even click-bait! I'm so happy to see your channel gaining momentum. I really felt the joy in this lesson! Thank you 🤟
this is such a good lesson. thank you so much. the pacing is amazing. Really, this is such a gem, I can't believe it.
I have seen quite a few modern blues players using the half diminished in demos and songs. Great lesson for moderate to advanced players.
love the way you teach ... moving through the various forms with explanation . So much info to digest ... best 32 minutes of guiter I have seen on youtube ever . THANK YOU.
This is the first lesson I watched in 2023 and honestly I think it will be hard to top.
A definite game changer.
Thank you , Thank you, Thank you.
The diamond in the rough I've been looking for!!!!! You have the real secrets my friend!!!!!
The idea of a half step from below or a whole step from above is indeed a game changer. I wish I had known this 500 hours of diminished chord study ago :) Alas, the understanding gained will still be useful (hopefully). Thanks for another excellent lesson. The light bulb is finally on.
You are a great player, and teacher! Thank you for existing.
Respect to you, you are knowledgeable about the diminished chords. Brought a new light to using my fret board. Thank you
This is really unbelievable,this 30 minutes lesson really was astonishing,didnt know i can open up the fretboard using dim chords,goota hand it to you buddy 👏👏👏👏👏👏
simply WOW!!
I’m glad I found your videos. Thank you. Finally understanding concepts I’ve been struggling with for years.
Thank you Jared, very calm yet disciplined.
figuring out how to use diminished chords and secondary dominants for cadence might be the most overlooked lesson for guitarists.
great vid man.
I've understood more in the space of time this video took that what I've understood in the last few months! I'm not a guitarist but dabble on the bass & composition - Thank you!!
I think of the bb7 (double flat 7) as simply differentiating the note from the 'normal' dominant 7th of the scale. For example, if we take the key of C, the dominant 7th would be Bb (B flat). So there could be a temptation to associate the 7th in a diminished chord with the dominant 7 of the scale, which would be incorrect. As you pointed out, the 7th in a C diminished is actually an A - one tone down from Bb (the C scale dominant 7th!), so calling it a double flat 7 is actually a good choice. 🙂
Incredible. Detailed and accessible. I appreciate how you were able to deliver so much rich information with accessible language and approachable examples.
I'm happy it was helpful :)
Wow, simply wow ... this is for sure one of the most valuable lessons I followed in a long time. Precious 32 minutes. Thank you very much for that. Will follow and look for the other ones. BUT: since I am very inspired to pick up my guitar for hours now ... I have to explain to my wife that all the work that has to be done in our garden will have to be rescheduled 😇🤣
My third video watching Jared...time to subscribe. Not only incredibly easy to understand but so very very rich in useable theory. Many thanks.
14:42 "get as high as you feel comfortable" got it
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In our Lutheran hymnal, one of our canticles modulates from Dm to G at the end by going Dm - C - F - Bb - Adim7 - Gmin7 - D/F# - G. It sounds awesome!
Great video!
That's cool, Jared!
I'm so glad that i ran across this video.
(I came here from the video in the email on 3/26. You were going through using the dim chords as steps between the chords in the scale of C, and you mentioned this video, which is "all about dim chords.")
It is!
And i know enough theory to really appreciate it.
It's really a fascinating thing, the C dim7 (or any dim 7 chord), all of its properties, and ways it can be used.
You hooked me!
I will learn the 3 shapes well, and start using them often in my playing, impeovising, and song writing.
Thanks again, Jared!
👍 👌
Really good topic. I love your channel. I try to shout you out in comments under other peoples videos. The info and presentation are great. I cant say enough how much i appreciate this channel not being modern guitar culture nonsense, skits and jokes, sponsor flexing/endless box openings from companies that loan you guitars, and cut scenes or references.
And stupid titles where you have to guess what the video is about. Personally i intentionally avoid videos where i have to guess what its about. The time spent waiting is never worth the time and makes me stop watching channels regularly.
Just quality education info that's practical to use. At least for me it is. Thanks again
WOW, thanks SO much for the shoutouts! That's one of the most helpful things to do so I really appreciate it! Also, your honest feedback is extremely helpful. I've certainly tried my hand at the teaser-click titles, but I always felt icky doing that. I'm glad to hear that a straight forward topic focused on teaching well with no gimmicks is actually desired. This approach is where I'm in my true element so I'll keep it up.
It's funny, when I first started on youtube I was putting out videos like this-super deep, practical, with specific exercises-but I got insecure that people wanted to be entertained on RUclips instead of learning. Now that my channel has some growth one of my earliest videos started getting more views - a 40 minutes lesson on 5 levels of how to master major scales! (ruclips.net/video/qfNK6NgJRy0/видео.html) That was a signal to me that I should just be myself and teach in the thorough way that I want to and the right people will find it. Anyway, thanks again!!! ~~ Jared
@@soundguitar youre doing it right
Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge, composing the "chords with color" and "printable parent scales" booklets, and giving those out as free resources. I've spent so much time re-googling the same things over the years, and to have everything in one clear place is so relieving in a way I didn't even think I need to be relieved. Thanks for saving me time to play more!!!--- Subscribed
Your videos and free PDFs really advanced my understanding and playing skills to the next level! Thank you.
Woohoo, that's great hear! Thanks for the comment :) ~~ Jared
I can say, this is the best lesson about diminished chords I have seen.
Great approach, structured and with a composed and calm delivery. Thank you for your dedication!
This guy really knows his stuff!
Brilliant lesson Jared. Thanks.
A really worth while video, learnt something and understood what you were explaining. Thank you Jared.
I have been fascinated with diminished chords for a long time. But this lesson seriously enhances my understanding of how to apply them in comping. So simple. Thanks.
I can not thank you enough for this video! It is exactly what I needed!
Yep, I needed a quick way to get work into's with diminished chords and you gave me exactly what I want.
Thanks for the information. I've been working on trying to figure out how to incorporate diminished chords into my playing and you just explained it so well. Unbelievable how simple the patterns and shapes are with the way you broke it down. This opened up a whole other chapter in my knowledge and I'm already having a blast using the chords to modulate and jump to the different voicings. Definitely feel like this is going to get me out of that rut.
I recently said “don’t worry about completeness”. Well, this one is pretty friggin’ complete and it’s GREAT! Thanks a lot!
12:23 Came for the diminished chords and found the first inversion major 7th! OMG, I really love that sound 🤯
Great lesson. Thank you🎸
A quality lesson Jared, thanks. I'm going to share it with my teenage daughter, this is such a clear explanation.
Glad you liked it! Thanks so much for sharing it with your daughter. Sharing the videos is one of the most helpful things and I really appreciate that :) I hope she finds it useful as well. Cheers - Jared
I’m only 60% through but just have to stopand say that this is the clearest explanation of diminhed chords I have seen. Absolutely excellent, thank you. Subscribed. I might be wrong but this seems to be one of the ways Joe Pas used to get around the guitar neck so defty… I’m thinking in particular of his album “Virtuoso” which I imagine you know…. (In the unlikely event that you don’t know it then would highly recommend it)
Awesome lesson. The use of the diminshed chords is like a bus you can hop on to take you to another part of music town you`ve only heard about. ;-)
A complex topic well explained. A wealth of information on the utility of the diminished chord. Thanks!
Another great lesson from Jared. This is high quality instruction rarely found in so much detail on youtube. I purchased 3 of his courses and they are excellent, they helped me improve my understanding of music theory as well as my playing. The theory plus the exercises are high quality. Diminished chords are so interesting to me, most instructors skip them, focusing only on major, minor, and dominant. Jared lays out a master class telling us everything there is to know.
Great lesson. Thanks!
GREAT LESSON !!!!!!!
Thanks so much! :)
All the theory in one lesson, i’m impressed and still a bit confused lol. Awesome download, thank you
Jiminished Hendrix
HAHAHA love that
hahahaha
@@soundguitar Come on!!!
Great informative explanation of ways to use diminished chords. Extremely well done! I've subscribed. 🎼🎶
Tremendously refreshing information and might I add, very well-produced videos. Like most of us, I have watched many-not just guitar, of course. Yours are among the best. Succinct, very well paced and conveying a contagious enthusiasm for music and its intersection with guitar.
Thanks! I’ve been putting dims all over “you’d be so nice to come home to”.
Hello Jared, I've been following religiously all of your free content on RUclips and I feel like a complete different guitar player. I have a metal background and understanding theory with your videos was a complete game changing.
I was very interested in your Nail the Changes course however I cannot afford it, do you have any suggestions or alternatives to improve to the next level?
Hi Devan. Thanks for watching and following along! I'm so glad to hear that my lesson are helping :) ~~ I totally understand not being able to afford the premium courses so no worries on that - what I recommend for getting to the next level just takes a little more work in terms of being organized and strategic but it's very possible. Decide your specific goal for what the the next level means to you and what you need to work on to get there, search my library of free videos to get exercises and training on those topics (just use the search on my main youtube page), then get super clear on what exercises you're going to master and be consistent with them. Update the structure and routine you're doing as needed. With a practice structure like that, and clarity on where you're trying to go, you'll level up big time. Let me know how it goes and reach out with questions anytime. ~~ cheers, -Jared
Excellent explanation! Thank you so much!
Fantastic lesson, and great teaching. Subscribed!
Great lesson Jared. Thanks
4 seconds in and already a thumbs up, lol. Intro blew me away, and I just know that the rest of the video will be great.
I appreciate that, thanks for watching! :)
Really appreciate these videos
lesson everybody should see!!
Now I understand so much more of dim chords. For many years - and seeing many vids - it just didn't 'land'. Until now. Thanks !!!!❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍♥
Thank you for this lesson,
I've just now found ure channel. Lovin ure style, at last I feel like I've got a start connection to dim chords. Thank you. Incidentally we've got very similar electric guitars
Excellent! Thank you!
Thank YOU :)
Oh I'm going to be digging on that How Insensitive jam! Amazing lesson!!! I got so much out of this one!
Right on, Sean!! Thanks for watching! Glad you liked this one :)
New sub, first time viewer. Thanks for your info, very easy to follow and learn from. Nice tele btw:)
Great and complete video. Very respectful to brazilian music. Thanks.
Hi Jared, excellent lesson. I have instinctively picked up on diminished chords this year and this content has helped greatly in that it has given focus and direction to this way of playing for myself. It's very exciting for me to know that I can progress while having fun, while removing at the same time the dreaded players block I have been going through of late as regards to pretty much everything guitar and regurgitating the same old stuff. Is there a lesson on your picking style for these progressions and more besides?😉
Thanks so much! I'm glad to help anyone get past players block :) Regarding the picking style, are you interested in my picking with the actual pick, or my fingerstyle? I switch between those in this lesson. I can point you towards videos those things for sure. For example, here's a hybrid picking lesson which is one of the techniques I use often: ruclips.net/video/Ma6yYttz7lE/видео.html
Jared what a excellent lesson subscribed
Wow, so much great info in this video. Now it'll just take me a few years to digest it.
I know the feeling :) Thanks for watching!
Superb video! So many great tips. I subscribed.
Great lesson!
Glad you liked it!
This is a great video! Very thorough and well taught! Thank you very much. I was thinking that, strictly speaking, a diminished 7th chord consists of 3 stacked minor 3rd intervals followed by an augmented 2nd interval to arrive at the root of the chord an octave above the starting note.
When naming notes in a diminished scale, I like to use: 1 2 b3 4 b5 #5 6 7 (1). That way, you have 5 common tones with the major scale and 3 altered tones. I find it easier to process.
Excellent point!
To reiterate for others reading: bb7 to 1 is technically the interval of an augmented 2nd, not a minor 3rd.
Thanks for pointing that out here, Peter!
Thanks!
Thanks so much! 🙏
Wish I could give more likes. Your presentations have been quite amazing from what I have seen so far. I can follow you considerably more effortlessly than Ted Greene, who I had previously turned to when trying to increase my music theory and how it applies to the guitar. After watching this I have determined woodshedding these ideas and techniques will definitely help me. And that video you did on shell chords was an awesome one also. Live Long and Prosper Jared.🎶
Awesome Vid man TYSM
Very good explanation
Inspiring info cheers
Hey Jared, what is that thingy you have above the nut of your guitar? What is its function? to reduce buzz or to keep the sound clean?? Pray tell...
fine-made video tnx
Thanks! :)
Could you do this with dominant chords? This was highly informative.
Great question! Thanks for the request. Here's a video on inversions and voicings of dominant 7th chords: ruclips.net/video/ND-PumPh3yw/видео.html. It's not the exact same type of video I did here with diminished, but I think you'll appreciate it if you're looking for dominant 7 info. Cheers and thanks for watching! :) -Jared
Wow, thanks!
Big thanks. I know dim7 can resolve to Maj or Min chord a half step above. But down a whole step is an a additional vocabulary. But what is the theory about it?
Great video 💯🙏😊👍
Need clarification please : A is the Diminished 7 interval of B? Referring to the C Diminished chord. When I count C to C I get 9 notes and not 8 as the Major scale. Apologies if you deem this a dumb question. I thank you in anticipation.
Hi, Can I use diminished chord as passing chord not ending up with major or minor chord but sus chord?
Fantastic presentation! I knew some of the facts you presented, but didn't give them much if any thought and haven't really took any time to work with/on them. Diminished chords can definitely be considered the missing link(s)! Oops, I'm sorry I failed to address you by name, Jared. I'll be viewing other of your presentations, to be sure.
Why did that intro sound so darn good: listenable shimmering precise?
Awsome!🖤🔥
George Harrison of the Beatles referred to the diminished chords as the naughty chords. Thanks for the lesson, I'm feeling very naughty right now
Check out the Slipknot section from the Grateful💀Dead ‘s Help On The Way/Slipknot/Franklins Tower segue. My favorite example of diminished runs.
Giant Steps !
I like rock, but I love the harmonic minor scale. I always call it jazz when I accidently play a wrong note LOL.
Respect maestro
Back at you!
Please make a video in this style to the tension and release using augmented chords off the tonic to the 4th then the borrowed 4th of that minor scale back to home (wake me up when september ends things) but the tonic to the 4 reminds me of dead sea by the lumineers