THE DOMINANCE OF THE DIMINISHED CHORD
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- How is it that four disparate dominant seven chords (e.g., C7, Eb7, F#7 and A7) can be treated effectively the same? The answer comes with the addition of a flat nine extension, creating the same diminished chord within each. Once you get your brain and especially your fingers around the understanding that every diminished chord can resolve in four different directions, dominant resolution becomes more intuitive and fluent. Even if the theoretical concept has you scratching your head, to your ears it will make sense, as you’ll hear in the demonstrations. The final exercise elicits surprise when the diminished chord is first heard to resolve in an unexpected direction, then the ear quickly adjusts.
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Hey Chase, I'm a music educator myself and yesterday during a lesson this topic came up. I went the same approach but since it came a little out of the blue it wasn't that refined. Your video is also a good lesson in how to teach! Thank you.
I enjoyed your clarity in the teaching, in outlining the harmonies and in the the tone of your trumpet. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for that, Florian. Sounds like we are on the same page.
Thank you, Chase.🌹🌹🌹🌹
You're welcome, Brenda!
wow, that's great. The resolution in another chord is so surprising 😊
Most other tutorials focus on the scale only and do not care about the resolution, which should be the goal.
thank you ❤
As the title suggests, the role of the diminished chord as an alternate dominant is to set up resolution, which is at the root of all functional harmony. Thanks for your comment!
Dear Chase thank you for sharing such great approaches!❤🙏
I'm always glad to hear from people who get value from the videos!
Thanks Chase. You're a real gentleman showing all these applications. My main instruments are harmonica and vocals, (I teach harmonica) but I compose a lot of my songs on guitar and bass, so chord theory is very important to me. By the way trumpet is one of my favourite instruments. I could listen to you all day long.
That makes one! :)
This is the last in a sequence of episodes on resolving the dominant seven chord within the Jazz Tactics series. It features an exercise I've used for years to illustrate to students how a diminished chord resolves in four directions. Please remember to leave a LIKE (if you REALLY like it, a tip is a small but tangible way to say so.) Comments and questions are encouraged, and since I'm posting this on Jan 3, Happy New Year!
Chase, thank you for your insight on all of these exercises. Good stuff!
You're welcome, and thanks for the comment!
I enjoyed this video. Very informative! I’m interested to know, though-what’s the horn in the thumbnail?
It's an old Couesnon piccolo trumpet. It looks better than it plays, so it generally resides on the shelf--I took this opportunity to put it front and center. (Some trumpet players might call it clickbait, but 'tis not my intent!)
If we are honest its Still very tricky
As the old saying goes, if playing jazz was easy, everyone would do it. (Maybe... :)