Music Theory Level 2: Part Ten

Welcome to Music Theory Level 2: Part Ten

Diminished Chords

This course is focused entirely on diminished chords, how to use diminished chords, and some of the mystical properties of diminished chords. This course forms part of the complete Music Theory Fundamentals Guide.

This is a class designed for the average person who is ready to take their music career (or music interest) and turn it into a business. Whether you are an active musician, an aspiring musician, or an aspiring music manager or agent - this class is perfect for you.

For years I've been teaching Music Theory in the college classroom. My approach to music theory is to minimize the memorization. Most of these concepts you can learn by just understanding why chords behave in certain ways. Once you understand those concepts, you can find any scale, key, or chord that exists. Even invent your own. If you've tried to learn music theory before, or if you are just starting out - this series of courses is the perfect fit.

In Part 10: Diminished Chords we will cover:

• Tools of Music Theory
• Identifying types of diminished 7 chords
• Whole diminished chords
• Half diminished chords
• Training your ear to find diminished chords
• Expanding tonic with leading tones
• The viiº6 chord
• Doubling in the viiº chords
• Tendency tones
• Unequal fifths
• Resolutions for viiº7 chords
• Expanding tonic with viiº
• Harmonizing with viiº7
• Mystical properties of the whole diminished chord
• Pivot chords
• 4/2 Chords as tonic expansion
• Using ii4/2
• Neighboring 4/2 chords
• Passing 4/2 chords

You will not have another opportunity to learn Music Theory in a more comprehensive way than this. All the tools you need to successfully learn Music Theory are included in this course and the entire course is based on real-life experiences - not just academic theory.

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• Passing 4/2 chords
• We can also make a really beautiful sound with a passing 4/2 chord.
• Other tonic expansions: Neighboring 4/2 chords
• We've been looking at diminished chords as tonic expansions. Let's look at another option: 4/2 chords.
• Other properties of full diminished 7th chords
• These chords have some weird and mystical properties.
• Resolving viiº7
• We have a few tendency tones in these chords to watch out for as well. Let's look at the best resolutions.
• Doubling in the viiº chords
• Because of the emphasis on the leading tone, these chords can have issues with doubling. Let's look at solutions.
• Dominant Substitutions
• You may have heard the phrase "dominant substitution" or "dom sub" before. This is what that is.
• Using viiº7 chords
• Let's look at some harmonizations that use viiº7 chords in them.
• Welcome & Overview
• Welcome to the class! A few things to get out of the way before we dive in.
• Types of Diminished Chords
• There are two main types of diminished 7th chords: whole diminished and half diminished.