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Your method of teaching is the best I’ve ever experienced. So many elements of theory I’ve found difficult are now much clearer thank you. One question I keep asking myself tho...how do you know when to start counting up or down. From the note you are on or starting from the note immediately following? Is it just as case of learning which ones do which don’t! Thank you.
@@MusicMattersGB Apologies! Had to look at my theory books for this. All I remember is my teacher telling me I started counting on the wrong note. Getting muddled between degrees, intervals and counting up or down in semitones! Not an easy question to answer here I expect, so no worries. Thank you.
Thank you for this! I’m a uni student and a music major who had to learn theory online last year due to COVID and some things just didn’t stick. Thank you!
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Ok. That’s one to put on our list. All ideas welcome. It’s one of the topics we could cover as part of the webinar we are doing in February on song writing.
Thank you so much. This is so useful. Just a request, I've just started my grade 6 theory. I'm studying on my own so, even though I referred some books I'm finding the terms "dissonance", "consonant" and "syncopation" when it comes in a question. When they ask us to find that thing on a big piece of music. So can you please make a video for that? Thank you in advance 😊
These are the ones to watch... Enharmonic Equivalents: ruclips.net/video/5aDP7u78EIU/видео.html Why the Notes E# B# Cb and Fb Really Do Exist: ruclips.net/video/FDzw1jByVDA/видео.html
I'm trying to think/learn of all the ways a dim.7 may be used in a progression. An easy explanation I've heard is that it can be used to fill/plug any whole step interval (e.g. between 1-2; 2-3; 4-5; 5-6; 6-7) in any two chords. Is this true, do you agree?
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Do diminished 7th chords only apply to the VII° position or are you also supposed to be able to form diminished a 7th chord on any chord position of a scale, as long as you keep the rule of minor thirds in mind?
You can form a diminished 7th on any note but if you want to key reference a diminished 7th think of it as being built on VII then you can identify the key to which it belongs.
Thank you! Another super clear lesson. Is it called a diminished seventh because it’s on the seventh note of the scale, or because it is a four chord note? (my understanding, is that four note chords are usually called sevenths)
Four note chords are often 7ths but not necessarily. It’s really called a diminished 7th chord because that’s the interval between the bottom and top notes of the chord.
Hello sir, A little bit curious, if c major does not have any sharps then how i can build a seventh chord like that?... I m too kid to understand this... 😞
Hi! Really enjoyed the vid. I’m a bit confused about this as well. How can the B dim 7 contain an Ab while that note is not in the C major scale? Do I just need to stop following the rules so much?
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Very helpful, thank you! If you don't mind...I'm having trouble with the inversions of the diminished 7th chord since it's all based on stacked minor 3rds. For example, in a piece in A minor, the chord {C, D#, F#, A} but with D# in the bass. How can I know the inversion of this chord? I would really appreciate it if you would help me. Thank you again!
Hi. Diminished 7ths are normally built on chord Vll so the Diminished 7th in your example of A minor is built on G#BD (chord Vll) with an extra minor 3rd on top - F in this case. In root position all intervals are genuine minor 3rds. As soon as the chord appears in inversion one of those intervals becomes an augmented 2nd. So get the chord into root position with genuine minor 3rds then you can both key reference it and calculate the inversion.
that was very helpful I have a question :if we are try to use diminished seven in natural minor can we convert diatonic diminished seven to fully diminished seven or fully diminished seven to half diminished seven in harmonic minor
Hi Gareth! If you read this comment, I have a question. Do these diminished chords you explained in the video only occur in root position? I've done a bit of harmony analysis in this piece I'm learning. I found that the diminished chords, for eg. C dim, shares the same notes as the E♭ and F# diminished chords (when I inverted C dim trying to find out whether C was actually the root). It ended up being a bit confusing to name the chord when it shares the same notes as other diminished chords.
Diminished 7th chords can be used in any inversion. You just need to think them into root position with genuine minor 3rd distances between notes in order to key reference them.
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Wouldn't what you're playing as a dim7 chord actually be a dim6? The note 'g' turns am into am7, but it doesn't do that in adim7? Instead, playing adim and adding a 'g' (the 7th degree of the am scale), an am7b5 chord is created. But that, in my understanding, is technically adim7, and what is currently regarded as adim7 strikes me as an adim6 chord. Where is the flaw in my logic?
If we relate to the video. The diminished 7th is built on chord VII so in the key of C that’s BDFAb. B at the bottom to Ab at the top is a diminished 7th.
Nice tip to composers. I started to study music twice years ago. Only theory. My piano is in the box. I just use the tablet or cell phone piano I've installed. It is so surprising how easy I can compose melodies only knowing a few chords. I think I have the talent for blues improvising , even not knowing the rules. I don't have good ears. It's hard for me to understand what people say and my ears can hear very acute sounds. The piano is such magic thing for me. I can not play the guitar. My skin is too thin. My nails are weak. They are like paper. Piano is the only instrument for me and the one that I like best to hear. The instrument I like least is the violin. It's the instrument I can not understand. Why would someone invent a thing like that? I think weird or just someone who has always loved piano.
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Sir, your videos are the best music lessons videos on RUclips. Your presentation reminds me of the professors at King's College London when I was studying my LLB degree. Absolutely top-notched and none of that of let-me-show-quickly nonsense. This is how music should be taught, this is how anything should be taught. I wished I had studied a music degree now 👍👍😃😃
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This deserves way more views, this is very well explained. Thank you.
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Great tip! Thanks!!
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Thanks for sharing your knowledge with the world.
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Great tutorial - thanks for sharing!
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Really helpful, thank you!!
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Thanks a lot for being the most wonderful teacher ever🌷🌷🌷
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Your method of teaching is the best I’ve ever experienced. So many elements of theory I’ve found difficult are now much clearer thank you. One question I keep asking myself tho...how do you know when to start counting up or down. From the note you are on or starting from the note immediately following? Is it just as case of learning which ones do which don’t! Thank you.
Are we talking about intervals?
@@MusicMattersGB Apologies! Had to look at my theory books for this. All I remember is my teacher telling me I started counting on the wrong note. Getting muddled between degrees, intervals and counting up or down in semitones! Not an easy question to answer here I expect, so no worries. Thank you.
No problem. Always count the lower note as number 1.
Thank-you, thank-you - exactly what I needed!
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Cristal clear,
Excellent !
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Thank you for this! I’m a uni student and a music major who had to learn theory online last year due to COVID and some things just didn’t stick. Thank you!
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Hi, would you please do a tutorial on piano accompaniment styles? Thanks!
Ok. That’s one to put on our list. All ideas welcome. It’s one of the topics we could cover as part of the webinar we are doing in February on song writing.
Great! I look forward to seeing this one! Cheers!
Thank you so much. This is so useful. Just a request, I've just started my grade 6 theory. I'm studying on my own so, even though I referred some books I'm finding the terms "dissonance", "consonant" and "syncopation" when it comes in a question. When they ask us to find that thing on a big piece of music. So can you please make a video for that?
Thank you in advance 😊
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From which film of yours can I understand the thing in more detail which you told 4:17 and what's the difference between Ab and G#?
Thank you!
These are the ones to watch...
Enharmonic Equivalents: ruclips.net/video/5aDP7u78EIU/видео.html
Why the Notes E# B# Cb and Fb Really Do Exist: ruclips.net/video/FDzw1jByVDA/видео.html
@@MusicMattersGB Thank you sir 🙏🏻
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"add a little colour - add a little drama" You know when it *sounds* right. I'm trying to tie all this into Barry Harris's approach of movement.
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Very good video. It was driving me nuts wondering why a dim7 chord’s 7th is double flatted, rather than just calling it a natural 6th.
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I'm trying to think/learn of all the ways a dim.7 may be used in a progression. An easy explanation I've heard is that it can be used to fill/plug any whole step interval (e.g. between 1-2; 2-3; 4-5; 5-6; 6-7) in any two chords. Is this true, do you agree?
If you use the diminished 7th that belongs to the key of the second chord in each case that works.
this chord will make u realise the meaning of bb in certain cases
good video!
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Love your videos!! Thank you so much
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Excellent. Thank you
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very good teaching😊❤
Glad it’s helpful
In college, I was taught to write the Roman Numerals in lower case for minor and diminished chords. What do you think?
That’s the Extended Roman numbering system. I’m using Basic Roman just to keep it simple where you don’t have to make the distinction.
Do diminished 7th chords only apply to the VII° position or are you also supposed to be able to form diminished a 7th chord on any chord position of a scale, as long as you keep the rule of minor thirds in mind?
You can form a diminished 7th on any note but if you want to key reference a diminished 7th think of it as being built on VII then you can identify the key to which it belongs.
Thank you! Another super clear lesson. Is it called a diminished seventh because it’s on the seventh note of the scale, or because it is a four chord note? (my understanding, is that four note chords are usually called sevenths)
Four note chords are often 7ths but not necessarily. It’s really called a diminished 7th chord because that’s the interval between the bottom and top notes of the chord.
Excellent. Is a dim 7th in a scale only on the 7th chord of the scale, as your example in C?
If you’re referencing to a key yes.
@@MusicMattersGB Many thanks
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Hello sir,
A little bit curious, if c major does not have any sharps then how i can build a seventh chord like that?... I m too kid to understand this... 😞
In C major:-
l7 CEGB
ll7 DFAC
lll7 EGBD
etc
Hi! Really enjoyed the vid. I’m a bit confused about this as well. How can the B dim 7 contain an Ab while that note is not in the C major scale? Do I just need to stop following the rules so much?
The Diminished 7th in C major, for example, is BDFAb. The Ab is not in the key but it functions in the key because of the resolution.
Thank you!
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Super helpful 💯👌🏻😃ty !
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Very helpful, thank you!
If you don't mind...I'm having trouble with the inversions of the diminished 7th chord since it's all based on stacked minor 3rds.
For example, in a piece in A minor, the chord {C, D#, F#, A} but with D# in the bass. How can I know the inversion of this chord?
I would really appreciate it if you would help me. Thank you again!
Hi. Diminished 7ths are normally built on chord Vll so the Diminished 7th in your example of A minor is built on G#BD (chord Vll) with an extra minor 3rd on top - F in this case. In root position all intervals are genuine minor 3rds. As soon as the chord appears in inversion one of those intervals becomes an augmented 2nd. So get the chord into root position with genuine minor 3rds then you can both key reference it and calculate the inversion.
@@MusicMattersGB Thank you very very much!🤍
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that was very helpful
I have a question :if we are try to use diminished seven in natural minor can we convert diatonic diminished seven to fully diminished seven
or fully diminished seven to half diminished seven in harmonic minor
Both are possible. It all depends on the context.
thank you 🙏
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Hi Gareth! If you read this comment, I have a question. Do these diminished chords you explained in the video only occur in root position? I've done a bit of harmony analysis in this piece I'm learning. I found that the diminished chords, for eg. C dim, shares the same notes as the E♭ and F# diminished chords (when I inverted C dim trying to find out whether C was actually the root). It ended up being a bit confusing to name the chord when it shares the same notes as other diminished chords.
Diminished 7th chords can be used in any inversion. You just need to think them into root position with genuine minor 3rd distances between notes in order to key reference them.
@@MusicMattersGB thank you for you reply!
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Theres no rule that says the seventh note requires Dim7 or Dim or Maj7 chord? Is it all upto us like bossa Nova chords?
A chord symbol does at least determine which 7th a composer/ arranger intends if indeed it is specified.
Omg you answered everything.
I was wondering all day why on erath is it called a diminished SEVENTH ...now i see
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Great video
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Clear video. Thanks. Why is I called 7th please? The top note is a 6th, no?
The top note is a Diminished 7th above the bottom note.
@@MusicMattersGB thank you!
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Wouldn't what you're playing as a dim7 chord actually be a dim6?
The note 'g' turns am into am7, but it doesn't do that in adim7? Instead, playing adim and adding a 'g' (the 7th degree of the am scale), an am7b5 chord is created. But that, in my understanding, is technically adim7, and what is currently regarded as adim7 strikes me as an adim6 chord. Where is the flaw in my logic?
If we relate to the video. The diminished 7th is built on chord VII so in the key of C that’s BDFAb. B at the bottom to Ab at the top is a diminished 7th.
I wish he taught me music, would be fun and chill for musically deaf people like me
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Music Matters You deserve it! Feels like a personal lesson because of the chill atmosphere you exude.
That’s lovely of you.
Nice tip to composers.
I started to study music twice years ago. Only theory. My piano is in the box. I just use the tablet or cell phone piano I've installed.
It is so surprising how easy I can compose melodies only knowing a few chords.
I think I have the talent for blues improvising , even not knowing the rules.
I don't have good ears. It's hard for me to understand what people say and my ears can hear very acute sounds.
The piano is such magic thing for me.
I can not play the guitar. My skin is too thin. My nails are weak. They are like paper.
Piano is the only instrument for me and the one that I like best to hear.
The instrument I like least is the violin. It's the instrument I can not understand. Why would someone invent a thing like that?
I think weird or just someone who has always loved piano.
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Lmao the internet really complicated diminished seventh chords. This video basically told me the formula is +3+3+3.
Basically that’s true. The intervals must be minor 3rds.
Interesting...
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This was very helpful!
Will i get a reply back?
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Why is this called a diminished 7th and not a 6th?
Because there’s a 7th between the bottom and top of the chord eg B to Ab in the case of the key of C is a diminished 7th.
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I absolutely hate this chord... but in a good way if used correctly
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