Changing KEY With Diminished Chords Made Easy [Music Theory]
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The diminished chord is one of the most versatile chord in music. It can do things that other chords can't do, and it resolves a number of problems in an elegant and practical way.
(Just to be precise, here I'm talking about the diminished 7th chord, not just the diminished triad. I'll explain it exactly in the video below)
Today we see one of the applications of the diminished chord to the problem of modulation. What is modulation?
Modulation in music means "changing key". There are many reasons to change key in a music piece - for variety, for emotional expression, to create special effect.
The main challenge here is to do change key in a smooth way i.e. connecting the two keys in a way that 'leads' the listener from the former key to the next one without any bump in the way.
The diminished chord offers one super-easy way to do just that.
In this video we will take a very simple chord progression in 8 different keys, and we will see how a diminished chord can connect these 8 keys seamlessly. Once you have seen this trick, you will be able to use it immediately in your own music.
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You've managed to explain something that has utterly eluded me. You're a wonderful teacher.
Happy to hear it!
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar I can only second that. Well done indeed, sir!
As I sit here designing a math test for my online students, I receive the notification of a new MTFG video, and I realize that this is one of the highlights of my week.
Wow, thank you!
there are 3 diminished chords 1 b3 b5, 1 b3 b5 bb7 = dim7, 1 b3 b5 b7= half dim or m7(b5)
Diminished chords are the gates to other dimensions
True!
One of the gates
You can also put it this way: You can modulate to any Key a half step up away of any note from your dim. chord (directly)... ex. Bdim. to C or Eb or Gb or A
Yes
This makes everything easier but Im still glad to get to know the drill to transform to other keys
This is one of those rare 'Holy Grail' videos that just opens up the mind to a new world. Amazing.
Something I noticed that may be of use:
For a Bo chord the resulting modulation keys are C,Eb,Gb,A which are the notes in the Co chord.
So, for an easy reminder, any given diminished chord can be used to modulate to any key from the isolated notes of the diminished chord half a step above. This can be useful to save some time and be aware of the possibilities of modulation while writing, without having to think too much.
Regarding the minor keys, they are simply the relative minor keys to the major ones, so that should be no big deal.
Peace!
Well spotted!! thank you this is so helpful :)
Flavio Lima Música - Txá what do you mean with the last sentance?
Flavio Lima Música - Txá thanks! That is a very useful short cut to what was explained on the video!
@@bozzigmupp510 i mean, he points the keys as if there were eight of them in total, 4 major ones, 4 minor ones, but these minor ones are simply the relative minor to the 4 major keys he spoke of earlier.
That means you can think of the whole thing as 4 keys, with their relative minors.
For instance, in the same example i gave, you have the keys of
C = Aminor
Eb = Cminor
Gb = Ebminor
A = Gbminor
It's always the same 4 letters, see?
Qué grande! Bien visto.
This lesson opened my mind. Very helpful....Thank you, brother. 🙏
Also you can use the minor transition to reach a major key. E.g. C F G7 Bo Bb7 Ebm Abm Bb7 Eb .. gives a lovely melodic feel
Those dominant chords are part of the whole-half diminished scale. Its so beautiful and crazy the relationship between simply three diminished chords.
You are saving me!
I have to compose a piece which modulates every 12 bars (for school, don't ask) and I ran out of ideas of modulation.
Thank you^^.
Fantastic! You may find this helpful too: ua-cam.com/video/KqpZTAg6ltw/v-deo.html
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar I do, thank you!
1 of the Best teachers among few of them on UA-cam. Thank you 🙏
Plants by crumb uses the symmetry of dim7 chords very well
Now i got it! Thanks!!!
is this the secret sauce of the stellar Bach's harmony 🤩
Nicely simplified
Thank you Tommaso! Diminished chords are my weakest so I really appreciate this lesson!! Incredibly valuable to me :)
Great to hear!
Brilliant explanation as ever .. thank you
I love how human and uplifting is your intro. Great video
Excellent explanation... Thank you!
And the "Along came Jones" ah he tied me to the railway tracks !
You are amazing, your video are not only useful to guitar players. I am a piano teacher and i couldn't explain those concepts in a better way. Great JOB. Understanding what's behind makes people passionate and music more funny to play!
Your videos are all so well taught!
Perfect Explanation! Thanks a lot man
I love learning stuff like this, great video!
"So next time you wield a diminished chord, wield it irresponsibly"
I LOVE this! :)
jacob collier hahahahaha
Great lesson!
Really enjoying these diminished lessons, thanks a lot.
Excellent lesson! Thank you!!
Fascinating lesson. Never realized this. Thanks Tommaso
Barry Harris, anyone? Great lesson, Tommaso!
You have a great teaching style
Great Lesson!
I will practice this a lot.
Thank you!
vague concepts becomes totally clear
Excellent and very pleasant explanation. I can listen to you all day. I wish you had been my theory teacher in college.
Amazing ! Music is so rich !!!!!!
This is a very nice class!!! Thank you very much! 😊❤️🙏🏻
Tom, you blew my mind with this one! Cheers, pierre - from Oz.
Thank you for this video. I’m excited to make music with these concepts
Thanks for the amazing content as usual.
Discovering this channel was one of the best things ever
great tutorial!!
Amazing!!!! Thanks a lot!
Enlightenment. Really wonderful piece. I'll take it along.
Cool. This technique makes me think of a gear to shift keys.
Found myself doing this in my song writing lately. Nice to know the theory behind it now! Thanks for that!
Great job, teacher. Very enlightening... Now I'm planning to avail the course asap... Thanks a lot!
An excellent lesson/video, thank you very much.👍
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for a wonderful explaination.
Much apreciated, certainly very useful. This video, like diminished chords, connects other notions together that are in your course : the other use of °chords and the other ways to change scales !
Wow! So good
Nice! Thanks so much, you just opened up so many doors!
this a highlight of my week also;diminished chords are awesome:)
Thanks! Great info and useful.
This is a small leap from Hotcha's unique diminished chord I learned ( Roy Buchanan song ), but a giant step to the use of diminished chords in every thought I have when I play 7th's chords - Neil "Blues Cat" Armstrong
Great stuff, thank you for taking time to explain!
My pleasure!
Very clearly explained thx
I discover your channel, and instantly love it
very helpful for composing, thanks
I’ve been using diminished chords a lot, like (in C Maj) going from E min to G dim7 to D min 7 or from G to G# dim7 to A min but you’ve shown me how I can use diminished chords to modulate to other keys that don’t have common/shared chords for pivoting. This is really good. Thank you.. Previously I was attempting to use pivot notes but was finding that tricky...
Thank you Thomas..awesome!!! To me, this a new knowledge
Thank you, excellent information 👍
Thank you Tommaso. God bless you. You always make things simpler!!
very good info thank you...really appreciate it..
This has opened my ear to another reality, great video Doc! :)
I'm a woodwind player, this video helped me in the way that it confirmed things that i've been guessing at. Now that I know that I am on the right path I can play more confidently. Thank you for the clarity!
super master. thanks.
Muy bueno tu aporte y enfoque. Didáctico. Felicitaciones
At last I can see it. Thanks 👍🏻
Great content thanks
awesome...thankyou
Thank you!
Grande Tommaso!
Very cool lesson :)
Music is life
Wow what an excellent video……..you made that modulation concept so crystal clear……once I got the relationship between the diminished and 7th chords the flood gates open. A video on interweaving that stuff to jump around the circle of 5ths would be great……thanks
You are so nice man, many thanks.
I had to watch this again. Without thought of chord progressions, I'd change one note - from a diminished to a seventh. The naming of the chord, being a half step below the diminished, to me, is a reason to not think in the usual 'chord progressions'.
I use the 'French' seven. People should get used to experiencing cultural or personal variations - like the different language dialects of Norway trying not to be standardised or dominated by one variety.
I will write down the formula. I'm very eager to find methods in how to change key - especially if it flows through without a sense of it being noticeable as if done for the purpose of changing keys - but more essentially for the melody, lyrics or mood. This transformation of the musical piece, I see now, appears as if going through a mind portal or a gate to another dimension, as TedBoyRomerino says.
I saw the tik tok that Jacob Collier did, and I was baffled, I was looking everywhere for the theory of it. Thank You!
Fantàstic. Thanks.
Molto interessante: pur usando gli accordi di 7a diminuita, non avevo mai notato questa loro similarità con quattro accordi di dominante.
Grazie mille.
Veramente fantastico
Thank you
Mind blowing... Thanks Tommaso...It would be interesting to see how and when Key changes are useful for a particular emotional impact
Dhanesh Sarangadharan I don’t know what instrument you play but there’s a fantastic book that covers the “agreed upon consensus” of emotional impact between intervals, keys, chord sequences and key changes. “How To Write Songs On Guitar” by Rikki Rooksby. I’ve given a copy to some piano players and they absolutely love it. It’s a fun read. Cheers.
@@houdinididiit Guitar is my primary instrument...Thanks for the recommendation... Let me check if there's a digital copy available
Mind blown.
Love them too
Grazie!
Thank you very much for your video. This is a great trick! The only thing I dont understand is that at 9:56 you say that, G7 is in a key of C minor, but I do think so. Isnt it Gmin7 that is in the C minor scale on the fifth position? The dominant chord in C minor would then be Bb7. Am I getting something wrong?
In a minor key you can also take chords from the harmonic minor scale. So G7 is an option in C minor. In Cm, Bb7 is a dominant chord in the sense that it's contains a major 3 and a minor 7, but is't not 'the' dominant chord of the key: that is always the 5th chord of the key. (The word 'dominant' has two meanings). For more details, see this playlist: ua-cam.com/video/kXVfzYKYvCI/v-deo.html
MusicTheoryForGuitar I tought the harmonic minor scale takes its name from the re-enharmonization of the minor scale in order to get a fifth degree which would be seventh and find again the tension-resolve move as it’s found in the major scale.
The minor scale is wrongly called a scale to me but would be more the aeolian mode of the major scale.
In this mode the fifth is not dominant (no triton or tension) hence the need for a new scale.
Thanks so much for your videos and i really appreciate the way you share your knowledge,
it must be a pain in the a.. all these comments to correct a sentence here and there ;)
When his letter "m" even has an extra hook, you know he's not a joke
These overkills sound awesome, though. 😃
I've been wondering about something - how do different chord extensions influence the harmonic qualities of a chord? For example, a major flat 9th chord reminds us of a minor chord, because of the minor third between the flat 9th and the 3rd. This flat 9 creates tension and an interesting "flavour" of the chord, and dismissing it simply as an extension with the same qualities as the original chord seems wrong to me, since we hear something entirely different. Do you have knowledge on the topic?
Thanks. This is *so* interesting. I just wish I could keep up with you. It takes me *so* long to process this. . .
One step at a time, you can do it!
You are an excellent teacher! Do you have tutorials in your course on Passing Tones?
Amazing explanation !!! So the diminished chord functions basically like a roundabout or an exchanger on a freeway, allowing to take different directions ! I never knew that. Thank you so much for explaining so clearly how chords function within the musical structure instead of just describing how to play them. It makes a MAJOR difference 😉 I wonder what's left for your paying courses 😉 The only thing is you tend to speak to fast without pauses. I guess you speed up the recording and edit the silence out but we need some pauses to fully rephrase / understand.
Thks.....genial
Love the intro - "Hel-looo Internet, so nice so see you :)" Thanks for your videos
Now I have unlimited power!
Muito bom!!
super !
Hi Tommaso ! Thanks a lot for all this material 👍
A significant riddle for me : how could we analyse a fully diminished seven resolving into a minor seven 1/2 tone lower as in « All the things you are » ?
Keep on with these Great videos. I am totally addicted to them
Augmented 6th chords play a role in this. There is a cadence where a french 6th resolves down a half step to a dominant chord.
French 6th has a lot of notes in common with a diminished chord, so the effect is mirrored in my opinion.
Thank-you for your answer Metaljay !!
You are right with this 7 French chord with a flatted 5th introducing the dominant smoothly by anticipation but the sound of the diminished chord leading into a minor chord à semitone lower seems different to my ears.
I’ve studied a new possibility without any guarantee :
A classical cadence is : C - Bdim/D - C/E
The I in 1st inversion reminds me of a Emb6(no5) and Bdim is the same as F diminished. Don’t know if this makes sense
@@MusicTedB I think the diminished resolving a half step down makes the diminished chord fill a subdominant function in relation to the I chord, since like the subdominant, it shares some of the notes with the I chord, just resolving the tension notes, ie, not as strong of a resolution as resolving it a half step up, where all the notes change to resolve. At least those are my thoughts on it.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Great video and very easy to follow. I've just started using diminished chords in my writing; mostly as transition and turnaround chords, so this video provides a lot of ideas to play with. My question is, how can I incorporate diminished chords in/under my melodies, either as substitutes for other chords, or on their own? When does it make sense to do this, and when doesn't it? Thanks again.
I have another video coming on using diminished chords to spice up chord progressions. Stay tuned :)
Great! but I have a question. dont you think its irelevant to use the dom.7 chords you are using after the dim. chord?? I could go from Bdim. directly to Eb or Gbm right? the dim. and does dom, chords have just 1 note different... thanks
Yes, you can eliminate one or both dominant chords.
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar Great! thankyou!