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One more hit of diminished, with the focus being these diminished transitions and how they work when it comes to relative major/minor. Spoiler alert, they work in a very easy and convenient way! We will go over the concept, simple ways to practice it over a backing track, and then finish with a simple optional Power Up.

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Building Chords - Transitions | Pt. 9 (Diminished & Relatives)

One more hit of diminished, with the focus being these diminished transitions and how they work when it comes to relative major/minor. Spoiler alert, they work in a very easy and convenient way! We will go over the concept, simple ways to practice it over a backing track, and then finish with a simple optional Power Up. Intro 0:00 Relative Major-Minor Recap 1:40 5 of the Relatives 4:18 Diminished of the Relatives 7:48 It's the Same Diminished Chord 12:19 Useful Writing Tool 15:37 Future Videos 17:35 Simple Way to Practice 19:31 Starting on the Minor, Backing Track 23:51 Starting on the Major, Backing Track 25:53 Power Up - Walkthrough 29:38 Power Up - A minor Start 40:23 Power Up - A Major Start 42:16

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Michael Pautz

This is a perfect lesson and really eye opening. What I got out of it, is that if each chord (and its relative) have a corresponding diminished chord, then there should be a total of 3 fully diminished chords that can be used; and they're all a half step apart. And a fully diminished chord has 4 notes so 4x3=12 making every single note in our equal temperament system usable! For example; D diminished leads to C (a minor), D# diminshed leads to G (e minor) and E diminished leads to F (d minor) before repeating again because of the minor 3rd repeating nature of these chords (D F G# B) (D# F# A C) (E G A# C#)

LoG's Guitar Extravaganza

This is correct. It's crazy to think that there are only three diminished 7 chords that exist in all of music. Also why it's important to always have all four "roots" in mind when you play a diminished chord, as one of the roots will probably make more sense in the progression than others.