You've taken the difficult step by step learning out of a lot of theory and made it so that guitarists can learn by hearing what THEY play. And that is the best kind of learning there is. My best guitar teacher told me to learn by playing songs and figuring it out, but this is several steps ahead of that.
most other "beginner's theory" channels says to avoid the "vii ugly diminished chord" because they were taught the diminished chord is a dominant chord that returns to the tonic, instead of a special passing tone tool the diatonic diminished chord is the soul of bossa nova, in brazil, we are raised used to the diminished sound, when we hear progressions like vi - V - i it sounds too square, too "major-esque",, we call the diminished chords "acorde coringa" or "the joker chord", because it acts as a joker card, since we have 4 diatonic diminished chords in the same key
this is exactly what i was looking for, the MmmMMmdim system is almost never applied to guitar in these theory videos and you also showed to extended version too, which is exactly what I wanted. Your videos are truly the most understandable and useful on here regarding guitar and music theory, I look forward to seeing more, great job!
I really like these chord progressions - I feel a song coming on! Also with your soothing voice - I'll put it on my ASMR listening list!! Double SamJamwich ! Yay! Thanks you're the best!!
Been playing a long time and always knew there was something missing in my knowledge. Like theres something between what I always do but i can't figure out the puzzle piece. You did it for me! I knew the diminished chords could travel around but just couldnt exactly place them logically except in their usual 7th position in the key. Anyway, this really enlightened me to a whole new level and made the fretboard more vast to my eyes, thank you!
Good Sir, YOU RULE! It's amazing how something that seems so complicated can be explained to be so simple. I have avoided diminished chords for the six years I've been playing and practicing and your video has just opened up a whole new world for me. Thank you and I wish you and your channel all the best. Subbed, liked and commented (obviously)
Quick point... the REASON this works is because the dim 7 is almost a dom 7 but with a raised 5 so it sounds very close and a dom 7 makes you want to hear the 4 above it (eg, G dom 7 makes you want to hear a C maj). So all of these dim 7s are basically a dom 7 one note off in any of the 4 notes (ie, lower any of the 4 notes and you will get a different dom 7 chord). Nice vid!
Brazilian guitarist and singer Djavan uses this a lot, recommend checking out "Oceano" and "Amor Puro". Thanks once more mate, you're an absolute legend 👏🏼
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I've been waiting for this video for years! This clears up so much confusion I've had about these for so long. I feel like diminished chords are so underused simply because the average guitar player like me just doesn't know how to construct them. Anyway, keep up the good work. You're like Prometheus 'stealing fire' from the theory 'gods' on Mt Olympus... without the associated punishment though, or course! Thanks so much Samjamguitar!
Idk if this is weird or not but diminished chords are almost exclusively what I gravitated to naturally when first learning to play guitar. I was already musically somewhat trained being in band in middle and high school. But I still haven't been able to figure out what genre of music actually made me focus that way in diminished chords. I guess maybe it comes down to wanting to only use sounds I hadn't seen anyone do, but I never learned this was a thing until many years later. Also, with distortion diminished can be used in a cool way coupled with plucking chugg riffs. Try it some time, that's my only real good unique sound I was able to come up with (I think) so it would be cool to see other people's interpretation.
Man, am I late to the party tricks here, but thanks for the sharing, it's like a jazzed up harmonized major scale chord run and filling in the blanks between the intervals except 3-4, & 7-8. Awesome. I've always stayed away from the diminished chord, as I found the only sound it creates is a tension that needs to resolve quickly, but this puts them in different light, awesome😊. This must work in a minor scale run too, right?
If playing with others, playing on the sixth string can compete with a bass player. In general, triad forms and specifically voicing not rooted on the 6th (or fifth) complement other instruments and add another tonal layer versus potentially muddying.
Glad you liked this one Pam! Although this obviously creates a very jazz vibe...it can also be used in many other styles also...even status quo use this idea! I can definitely do more in the way of jazz specific lessons in future 👍 stay tuned!
