Here's My SECRET to Using the Diminished Chord - R&B Guitar Lesson [Kerry 2 Smooth] 

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"I want to make guitar simple for myself." Words to live by.

I’m familiar with diminished chords in the context of metal playing but not much else. This was super helpful for r&b and other styles

I know I'm late here and this might be common knowledge but I found that the diminished chord works incredibly well when played before a major 6 chord a half step down, the chords have such similar DNA and it sounds so good to my ears

This just upped my game. I will be overusing the diminished chords til its automatic. Thanks!!

Nice change...thanks for sharing

Pause for the cause. Love it!

25 years of never playing diminished, and now I can without thinking :)....that is genius..thanks a lot! Just startin' in on R & B....slow learner

Great, great lesson. Diminished chord are always a source of confusion for me and you cleared that up and gave a nice practical example of its use. Definitely putting all that in my bag of tricks.

Bro, I am so grateful for you. After subscribing to so many platforms of guitar education, yours has by far been the most effective and some to understand and apply. I did my free trial and and will become a Kamper in the near future.

You're a Blessing, man, thank you!

Kerry too smooth, you are too smooth. Thank you for your lessons. Being able to sit here and learn a little bit has helped keep me focused even in other areas of my life. You are an excellent teacher and I am grateful for your work and that I get to learn from you. I have made it a goal of mine to be able to play along side you one of these days. God bless you, your family, and your music.

I appreciate your teaching technique sir. Have learned a lot from watching your videos thx.

Thank you for sharing this with us. Greetings from the Netherlands.

That b3 dim sounds like a good way to explore soloing over progressions with an extra twist

Definitely golden

Thanks Kerry! I appreciate your videos, and you sharing and teaching your gift! God Bless

Thanks K2 Smooth... I need more of this. Still in rehearsal phase

Thanks for the explaining.🎶💯💫

Thanks for the information Sir 👍😄 teach us more 🙏

This is a new thing for me! I will be rewatching this

half diminished and diminished are my favourite chords by far, i'm guilty of using them too much at times

Really love your videos on chord progressions. Thanks so much

Great!!!

Thank you so much you made learning the guitar easy and your videos look effortless 🙏🏻God bless you and your family will keep watching and learning

The dim chord is sauce by itself! Good lesson Smooth.

Thank you

Big Bro! You slipped one in at 6:18 that moved my soul.

Master tip. Thanks!

Thanks bro. I like diminished chords since I learned em. lol.

Thank you so much !

Thanks 👍

Thank you so much sir

Keep up the good work

Awesome teacher. God bless him and his family!

I'm very grateful for this video now I know where I can put diminished chord thank you Kerry you're a great Teacher !!! 5 star 👏🏾👏🏾

As a bass player starting to play around with the gat your tutorials have been the most beneficial for me,the chords with flavor and feel,appreciate it so much,chur!

Good morning Brotha! Thanks for the lesson. I'm a struggling longtime beginner. Many of your lessons keep me from giving up. Just wanted say that & thank you Man & I'm back to practicing. I really want to get this lesson down..& alot more.. But this one is special. For about 2yrs I've been trying to tune myself to your so anxious lesson for practice when I fall off in a rutt for one reason or another & when I grab my guitar to return to my dream.. I go to that lesson to snap back. & that diminished chord is the part that I love to hear a play the most. Whenever I achieve to be the guitarist I'd like to become.. I'd like to meet you and shake your hand & play a song or 2 wit'cha. Have a good day Brotha! & Thanks again.

Thanks Smooth, please do a lesson on how you use the min 6 a.k.a half diminished chords.

Wow, my mind is getting opened up here. I’ve been watching the number system videos also. I just realized I can play this progression Am-Bm-Em with that diminished and solo over it with the notes in G major. Particularly that Gmajor pentatonic approach. I’ve viewed the neck through the caged system for a while now but this just opened up a new look/approach. Loving it, much appreciated

nice u make it easy to learn from u

great stuff Fayetteville much Love Freshwater Records

Thank you so much

You sir are amazing at breaking music theory down, I'm looking forward to more videos! 🔥

I feel like you express these concepts nicely. Your lectures feel like I’m hear a direct line from your creativeness. That makes you relevant, and there’s your comment.

Super useful, thanks

Man, I love what you're about. I just love it

Super helpful thanks

Very Clear explanation, and using it in context with a number system makes it much more manageable, thanks

Another great lesson Kerry...but I'm greedy. Not uncommon for me to drop FOUR sliding Dim chords in fast succession coming out of a progression like this one. Been playing almost 50 years now so I won't be changing anytime soon...😏

Love this, great work

Yall videos are sick!

THANKS!!!

THANKS SO MUCH...........you cleared this up for me !!!

Thanks bro

These nuggets are gold! Thank you

Greetings and thanks for this advice from England 🇬🇧

Awesome concept bro

Kerry your passion and knowledge is helping others release their inner gifts and capabilities! You've been such a major help and I'm absolutely loving my experience on Kerry's Kamp. Even the beginner lessons as an intermediate guitarist have been so helpful. Please do a cover of "If it ain't you" by the amazing Alicia Keys! I'm curious to see what your style is to capture the chord progression and lead notes altogether!

Used previous advice on the diminished chord. People think I know what I'm doing. The diminished 7 rooted on the 5th string kills it too. Had used them in ' Sara smile', but you helped me along Kerry!

Perfect explanation! I like to make it easy for me the same way. Thanks for sharing!

really good explanation!

Great lesson. Very practical. Thank you.

Helpful thanks keep em' coming!

Bro this video helped a lot!!!🙌🏽 Great advice and you explained it well. Much appreciated! Definitely gonna use this

Thank you for everything! You help me a lot ♡♡♡

Thank you for the lesson!

Thanks man! Great tip.

Awesome video Smooth! Diminished chords are always tricky but you lay it out for us to play it out 🙏🏻 Appreciate your teachings and styles you bring to the guitar 🤙🏻

Once again, a great lesson. How would you combine diminished chords with minor 11th's and 13th's or suspended chords? Thanks. Sam

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Kerry my brother blessings your way, and upon your entire household my friend. Thanks for the impartation of your knowledge and skill set, now may you receive from others the same way. You give inspiration to us all who watch, and love what you do my brother. Also where can I order your instructional book?

Great Video! In what position do use it when root is on the second string

Hello Kerry. You put out a video whereby you used and minor V chord instead of a Major V chord. I ran across it but was not able to watch it without distractions. Please point me to that video. Thanks. Keep up the great teaching.

Thanks for clearing that up! It’s very helpful. Could you make a video using the same this but the root on the 5th string?

still learning from your videos bro

So cool. So simple. So effective. So motivating. So beautifully explained. Question. ... How can no-one else do this so well?

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL 😍😍😍. My guitar playing is more blues inspired than anything. How do i move to RnB from there?

As a bassits i know when someone have passion for music and teaching others with the same passion and patience. Congrats well done and God bless you!!

Could you do some examples of how to play these type of chords in a Gospel/CCM environment?

You all got to check out karrys camp

Woww i always wanted to ask if you could use a telecaster for r&b and I’m guessing you can lol

Is it correct that your using the diminished chord as a passing chord on your way through the progression? Thanks for your wisdom Sir

Dope. Is there a video on those gospel hammer-on patterns? I'd transcribe it but I haven't had a lot of time lately.

Great lesson Kerry ! There’s a song called ‘marry me’ by an R&B artist Rileyy lanez if you could do a break down on that song I’d be grateful great lesson !!

Hails Boss, Do you use augmented chords? And if so, when do you use them?

Good lesson. I learned a song called sara smile that uses dim between the 2vand 3. But are there any cool ways to use dim chords to modulate?edit stars smile uses it between 5 and 6. My bad

How can I get the other guys in the band on board with my use of the chord? Usually they all give me a dirty look and say “that’s not the right chord” or they say “no it’s a minor”. How do I know if I’m right

CAN YOU PLEASE A LESSON JUST FOR HAMMON ONS YOUR DOING IT ALLOT AND I UNDERSTAND IT BUT NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT HOW TO DO IT, THEY ASSUME PEOPLE KNOW HOW AND WHEN TO DO IT.... can you please make a video explaining why you are adding the extra notes to some if not all the chords? Thank you.

Hi Kerry , i post the question a couple of time in the livestreams but i never get an answer from you... so , again , i would like to know what is the fretboards radius that you are most comfortable to play with and why. Second , do you think that this paramater can influence -make easier or harder-the way this type of music is played on guitar ?(r&b on a 10 radius vs a 20 radius for example , with all those hammer on and pull off) thanks

Do the same concept apply as well to the key of C, D, E when playing in a major 7 position

I'm going through the E major scale... I'm striving to locate the d#° equivalent. If BFlat is also A#, what Is the D#° alternative? Please and Thank You

Using that particular diminished chord (the one on the 4th string between the second and third) would only work if then resolving to a 2 or 4 chord in a key, yes? Diminished chords are best used when you resolve to a chord a half step up from any note in the diminished chord you've just played?

Would you please do a tutorial on Yearning For Your Love by MAZE

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I see what you did there bruh. It is like using using VI7 b9 (dominant 7th with a b9) and removing the root. So if E7b9 then [E-G#-B-D-F] transforms to G# dim [G#-B-D-F]. Thanks.

Would you say that you are using the diminished chord to spice up the 6th chord? Or can the diminished chord show up after other chords of the progression?

How do you find it when your root is on the 5th string ?

i appreciate this alot. but how would u use in a normal gospel or quartet progression ?

What brand is your guitar?