Why Half Diminished Chords Are Amazing And How To Use Them

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For many beginners, the half diminished chord or m7b5 chord is a weird mysterious chord, but it is actually a very flexible chord to have in your vocabulary that you can use for a lot of sounds like a tonic minor, altered dominants and Maj7(#11) chords.
In this video, I am going to talk about how to construct and play them and then go through how you can use them in a song, not only as half-diminished chords but also as a lot of other chord sounds.
Content:
0:00 Intro
0:57 #1 Basics: Half diminished Chord construction and Voicings
2:08 #2 Basic use in a minor II V I
3:35 Two things!
4:33 #3 Dominant
6:56 #4 Altered Dominant
9:22 #5 Lydian Chords
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@XiyuYang 4 года назад

When you hear the lick 5 seconds into a video you know it's gonna be good :D

@xae8280 4 года назад

I prefer this intro way better than the others. Straight to the point

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Isn't this the same as all the other lessons from the last year (give or take)?

@justabeard3794 4 года назад

@@JensLarsen Maybe he's comparing it to other teachers on youtube

@ciaranmcgrath3273 4 года назад

With the knowledge you share in your videos; you have helped me see the interconnectivity of tonality and how improvised music can become like a fluid motion. I really appreciate you sharing your deep understanding of how music moves.

@joehernandez5600 4 года назад

HI Jens, hope you're well and staying safe. I don't say this enough but your lessons have been incredibly helpful to me in making progress in my jazz playing. I truly appreciate all your great content. Thanks.

@GeorgeSPAMTindle 3 года назад

This is my first viewing of this channel, and I am mightily impressed. I subscribed straight away, and hope to understand later. I think that I'll need to watch this channel in the same way that I watch Rick Beato's channel, that is with a notebook and pen, lots of stopping and rewinding, guitar at hand, and then watching it again all the way through without pausing it at all. Thank you very much for this channel Jens.

@helminenjuha 4 года назад

Such a clear and beautiful tone. And great insights too, again! Thank you Jens!

@boboala1 4 года назад

Well done, as usual, Jens! When I get rusty in my jazz theory I always like to watch a video from you as I get to see the actual notation/voicing of your progression examples, and see the chord diagram. It makes it all click from my common-practice Bach learning I got way back in college. BTW, I used to really be into older Latin jazz (esp. Jobim) - and I think your 1/2 dim chord analysis might apply to tunes like 'One Note Samba', 'Desafinado, 'Girl With Emphysema'' and others...in case that might make for another chapter in your tutorials.

@binface9 4 года назад

Really enjoying the way you're linking what you're teaching back to jazz standards.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you! :)

@tonyvino1115 4 года назад

you are an excellent teacher. I am a long time professional guitarist and teacher. Thank you for opening the door to improvisation over common jazz chord changes.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

You're very welcome Tony! :)

@griqds4128 4 года назад

Awesome lessons sir! As a young jazz learner all your videos are very precious tools, i've been watching your vids for a few weeks and already feel the upgrade in my playing and knowledges! Keep it up :) (i'm french, excuse my english)

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you! Great to hear that you can put it to use 🙂 no worries about your English, I am Danish so... 😁

@alexmckenzie8491 2 года назад

Yes, a tremendous video. I didn't realise how many positions there are for the half-diminished. A beautiful chord.

@etiloyon3681 Год назад

Hi Jens, this is really a very good lesson ; thanks for your generous sharing.

@gabrielperrymusic 4 года назад

Fantastic lesson. You really uncover a LOT of stuff here. Wow. I love it.

@kevinriveraguitar 4 года назад

Hello from Costa Rica Jens! I just wanted to say thank you because I'm a college student and right now can't afford to pay for lessons. All your videos and emails have helped me a lot, although I'm still struggling with the theory part I am starting to understand a lot of things. But most important I'm able to enjoy what I play so much more. As soon as I can I'll become a Patreon. Again, thank you so much Jens. I'll keep studying.

@c0nk2879 3 года назад

Jens! Your videos are a wealth of information for the modern jazz guitarist. Thank you for all the great work.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you like them 🙂

@tonyhume100 4 года назад

I love I/2 dim chords - so many ways to flavour things up - a few new ways here by jens….brilliant as usual

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks, Anthony!

@ChuloDavidcito 4 года назад

As a chord geek, I was looking forward to your list. I was aware of all except the last one, cool! Super clever coming after the F7alt, and a tritone in the bass makes for a spicy sound! :)

@scottmoyer1357 4 года назад

Thank you for this.....it adds to my studies of the minor 7b5 as seen on the Circle of 5ths and as applied to the F, D, Ab, & B dominant 7th chords which are all tritones of each other as seen on the Circle located opposite each other.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Go for it Scott :)

@fnl62fnl62 4 года назад

Great lesson. Perfect pacing. Well done sir. Thanks.

@phampshire6864 4 года назад

Thanks, that's a really good way of seeing how to form half diminished chords from m7.

@mybiggrin 3 года назад

Dude... so useful. This video is a week's worth of information. Thank you so much. Easily helping me transfer my knowledge of piano to the guitar.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@joseluisvelasco4574 4 года назад

I love your videos, they deserve more exposure, cheers from Mexico

@aptelbruno8316 4 года назад

Thank you so much ! wonderful colors !!! wonderful chords !!!

@captainkoo 3 года назад

Jam packed lesson, filled with useful information. This will take quite a bit of practice to master !

@JeromyBranch 4 года назад

Thanks for being so straight forward and not stopping to teach people HOW to play. We should know how already if we are looking at advanced concepts like this. I had to go back to my music theory lessons to figure out what you are talking about in some places....but that's my problem not yours. Amazing lesson thanks again.

@cripe7874 3 года назад

Ottima lezione, grazie Maestro!

@rl2905 2 года назад

This video helps bring to light the concept of the unlimited potential of the tritone. If you've got a chord with a tritone in it, it's essentially dominant, and the world can be all yours with it. Thanks!

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Well, yes and no. A m6 chord is a tonic and has a tritone so they are not all essentially dominant chords :)

@patrickfitzgerald2861 4 года назад

Jens, I am amazed at how many views you get on what are some very difficult concepts. You are clearly doing something right, and fulfilling a need with your channel. Great job! 👍

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks Patrick! I think there are a lot of people looking for info on all of this, so I don't think it is that crazy actually?

@patrickfitzgerald2861 4 года назад

@@JensLarsen You're right of course, but I never would have guessed that there were anywhere near this many. 28K+ views on a video about half diminished chords? Wow!

@Avatar7x7 Год назад

@@JensLarsen The intonation of your guitar is perfect, is there some device like the "Buzz Feiten system" on it or you've got the best guitar tech in the world ?

@JensLarsen Год назад

@@Avatar7x7 Thank you! I have a great tech

@kirkp_nextguitar 4 года назад

This is excellent. I know much of this, but I’ve learned it haphazardly over many years. Your systematic approach helps pull it all together and extends it beyond what I’ve learned so far. I’d recommend that any players overwhelmed with the pace and amount of info in this video first watch the whole video to get the gist of it, then work on it in small chunks at a time. There is enough info here to spend days on it.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad you like it :)

@Alrukitaf 4 года назад

Years in my case.

@larrybaby9377 3 года назад

Great vid. I watch it again and again to unconfuse myself.

@RC32Smiths01 4 года назад

Always showing the best ways to utilize and master choral types of all varieties! Cheers man!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks RC :)

@RC32Smiths01 4 года назад

@@JensLarsen Cheers man!

@hubertvancalenbergh9022 4 года назад

Valuable, as always. After a brief refreshment tomorrow this should stick for a while.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks Hubert!

@marcosa3145 4 года назад

So much good stuff in your lessons. I'm starting to take notes.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you 🙂

@bezziano57 3 года назад

Superb lesson! I’m trying desperately to keep up with Jazz studies. I had discovered some months ago that a min 6 is also a m7b5. I used the trick on musicals. Wherever I see m6, I sub to a m7b5 so I’m only thinking same shapes. But thanks Jens for the other ways to use this chord. Brilliant!!

@calbrush6654 2 года назад

They don’t sound the same, bubba

@Isabella-jx5kw 2 года назад

If the roots a minor 3rd away then it’s the same

@brysonmartin427 3 года назад

Thank u jens for your abundance of free lessons. I learn quicker from u than anyone

@Cherembo1953 4 года назад

Absolutly beautiful chords,love it!!you put a lot of wo r k into all this,thanks so much ,u r a superb guitarrist,god bless you ,good luck!!thanks once again.

@Nuclearsoandso 4 года назад

Lessons are only getting better. Excellent work.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you, Michael!

@teaforone77 3 года назад

Awesome usable stuff! Thank you!

@j.p.fitting9226 Год назад

Great playing Viking!

@shanedefeo6881 9 месяцев назад

Playing thinking of seventh chords with different roots in the base is like taking the concept of slash chords to another level,stepping it up a notch!Great intrllectual concepts.but my brain gets overwhelmed by all this thinking and vosualizing if I dont follow write thes interval transformations down on paper.Great lesson

@MrMoonCraft 4 года назад

You're such a great teacher. Thank you for the knowledge

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

You are very welcome

@Ko-zh1in 4 года назад

Really well done video. Very informative, easy to follow, you got my like/subscribe within the a minute of the video!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you! That is very nice to hear 🙂

@ElectromagneDikk 4 года назад

Another good video my friend. 7th chords took me a while to figure out lol. Still figurin them out. I love half diminished chords. My guitar teacher taught me them when i was in lessons as a boy hehe. He was a jazz guy and i should have studied wit him more but anyway ive always found theres great ways to use that chord to create good tension in metal songs and makes for easy key changing and interesting chord melody options.

@ElectromagneDikk 4 года назад

I like where u phraseed that A half diminished. I play a 7 in drop a tuning and i like using that area of the neck with the open strings.

@gregoryhill7553 3 года назад

Wow wow wow; this brother is truly awesome succinct & on point, appreciate it.

@charoox 4 года назад

Coming from gypsy jazz, my reference would be rather minor6 chords and thinking for instance Cm6 and Ebm6 on a minor 2 5 in G Great lesson as always ! I Will try it on maj7#11 chords !

@indoornauta 4 года назад

Great video! Thanks for each second of it

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad you like it, Felipe

@peropen 4 года назад

Another great lesson. Thanks, Lars!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

You're very welcome :)

@nikhilfranco7241 2 года назад

thank you for this lesson ! i'm glad i understood and it shows my progress(i think). last year i would have been lost in the first two minutes :)

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Great job!

@andrestipanovic7407 4 года назад

great lesson, thanks Jens!!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

You are very welcome, André

@guitarguy4372 4 года назад

This is a great video, Jens.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you! Glad you like it!

@bartsjazzman446 4 года назад

Great sounds.

@SaccoBelmonte 4 года назад

Well those inversions are gonna be useful on "Les Yeux Noir", thank you Jens.

@vgostivavstriu9519 4 года назад

Many thanks for the lesson!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂

@AntarblueGarneau 4 года назад

Comprehensive! Thx Jens!

@insidejazzguitar8112 4 года назад

Great video, thank you. I also like bII-7b5 in place of dominant

@insidejazzguitar8112 4 года назад

Meant II-7b5 as sub for dom

@LukeFoo1975 4 года назад

That's very helpful lesson 👌

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad you like it Luke!

@JazzgutsVGvanKampen 4 года назад

Great lesson Jens, you want my hack? well I use 2 half dim arpegios out of melodic minor as an altered sound. For instance over G7 alt I use Fmi75- and Gmi75- (also inversions), hard to master but a great concept. Keep up your great work.

@olafbigandglad 4 года назад

Yamha SG. Fabulous, under rated guitars.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks!

@johngardiner7537 4 года назад

Jens. I font know if I will ever get half reasonable at this at 68 years old but I really enjoy the lessons

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks John! Great to hear, and I would say: Go for it, as long as you have fun what could possibly be the problem?

@tyron07 Год назад

You are a brilliant teacher

@JensLarsen Год назад

Thank you!

@rogeriolima1602 4 года назад

excellent explanation here in Brazilian music we use LIDIO # 11

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Nice 🙂

@BrendaBoykin-qz5dj Год назад

Thank you,Jens🌹🌹🌹🌹

@JensLarsen Год назад

You're welcome 😊

@vicentedeandres8051 4 года назад

Thank u very very much!! keen on you!!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

The Most Important Scale Exercise In Jazz ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2Ze22BNftAA.html A jazz solo will usually follow the chord progression that it is played over, the most important way that you do that is by using arpeggios over the chords. You are probably already practice arpeggios, but chances you can do it in a better way than what you are doing now, and that is what I want to talk about in this video. Content: 0:00 Intro 0:57 #1 Basics: Half diminished Chord construction and Voicings 2:08 #2 Basic use in a minor II V I 3:35 Two things! 4:33 #3 Dominant 6:56 #4 Altered Dominant 9:22 #5 Lydian Chords 11:13 Like the video? Check out my Patreon page.

@atuvelman 4 года назад

Hey Jens, why the different half-diminished symbols at 1:55 ? Is it because the chords on the right are inverted?

@pickinstone 4 года назад

As Scrap Book said on another video, it's great to use these substitutions linearly. My favorite was a sub that a saxophonist taught me a couple of months ago. Play the Half Diminished a whole step lower than the root of the dominant as an upper structure. For instance, for a C7--you'd play a Bbm7b5. That would give you Bb Db E Ab. If you think of it in relation to the C7, that's b7, b9, 3rd, b13. So, yes--as you said, altered. But it gets you to that altered sound quickly, and helps target that pesky b13th.

@tomg2946 4 года назад

I like to use 1. the root of the m7b5 arpeggio on the Root of the altered dominant , followed by 2. the root of the m7b5 arpeggio on the b7 of the altered dominant. Or reverse the order. This gives the root and guide tones of the altered dominant plus all the altered notes. Can think of these two consecutive m7b5 chords as from the melodic minor a semitone above the root of the altered dominant. Its also a simple movement along the neck of course.

@jimkangas4176 4 года назад

Nice job on this one! I've used the "up a minor third" trick, but you've really expanded the pallet here. The Lydian one is very hip.

@TheSandkastenverbot Год назад

Best Jazz teacher ever!

@JensLarsen Год назад

Thank you!

@PecktheTownCrierVideos 4 года назад

Cool sounds, thank you!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you Chris! Glad you like it!

@carlospraia1242 4 года назад

Wow great video thanks a lot

@134SASAKI 4 года назад

This video is also an excellent sound demonstration of the Yamaha SG-1000. I also own this guitar. Great guitar.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks! It is indeed a great guitar, though my bridge is actually bending under the strings, so I need to have it replaced :)

@134SASAKI 4 года назад

@@JensLarsen The bridge of YAMAHA SG (unlike the tailpiece) is not compatible with Gibson spec, so it may be hard to get replacement parts. (Unless you reattach the studs.) My SG-1000 bridge is in very good condition, but the SA-1000 bridge is worn out and I need to replace it someday. I wish you good luck! Thank you.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

@@134SASAKI thanks 🙂 I do indeed need to go hunting for one

@fer18433 4 года назад

Thanks, good teacher

@christianp4123 4 года назад

Best jazz youtuber

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you! :)

@BomShiva2 4 года назад

Will "get it", eventually. Then, maybe I too can be hip. :) Thanks Jens.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Go for it :)

@dkwvt13 4 года назад

Jens, you always manage to nail one for me! I am currently doing a deep dive on Autumn Leaves and this is great material. Thank You as always...! ;-)

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks Donald! That's great to hear!

@lilmoe4364 4 года назад

At a job once I ended up talking to Al Dimeola on the phone. I asked him what his favorite chord was. He thought for a second and then said "Minor 7 flat 5."

@jumemowery9434 4 года назад

Jens is the *Master!*

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you Jume!

@joyfullmusicexploring-thom5093 4 года назад

i wish i would be 20 now and jens would be the only youtube chanel existing ( besides jazzduets 😉😂)

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks Thomas :)

@jivanbansi9640 4 года назад

And Rick Beato

@cuttyshark 4 года назад

For me,...Best lesson in a while

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad you like it!

@vladimirverline8251 4 года назад

very good thank you

@winstonsmith7652 2 года назад

An old jazzer bit my head off when I called it a "half diminished" chord. He said "it's not 'half' of anything. It's a complete chord in it's own right." Semantics, I know. Great lesson. I often play the minor 7 flat 5 over dominants in my lines (something I knicked from Pat Martino) but haven't explored fully with chords. Time to change that. Many thanks again.

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

That's something Pat knicked from Parker (or pretty much anybody else :D ) You should have told that old dude that if it is a complete chord then it also could not be diminished :D

@carlosclaptrix 2 года назад

Well, even this guy can change his judgemental mind. It is just words which don't hurt the chord at all!

@EclecticEssentric 4 года назад

That's helpful, thanks.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad you find it useful Timmy!

@mikesherrard8871 3 года назад

This man is the most jazz playing jazz player

@jessedeguzman9437 10 месяцев назад

many thanks!

@JensLarsen 10 месяцев назад

You're welcome!

@ARichardP 4 года назад

Great tone on that guitar.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you, Richard 🙂

@jamescopeland5358 3 года назад

Half diminished is probably my favorite

@levinascimento1995 4 года назад

Delicious! Thanks a lot!

@DaikiGuitar 4 года назад

Great content 👍

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad you like it!

@francesco0185 4 года назад

I'm a rock guitar player and always got a terrible headache after five minutes following (and playing along) videos like these. ;) But it's good and I like to learn this chords, even rootless ones. Before watching this lesson I just knew half diminished chords in two positions on the fretboard...

@d0leo 4 года назад

Thanks for the video! I really like the tone you get out of that Yamaha, would you mind telling me what gauge strings you use? They look quite heavy, from what I can see, and there looks like a decent amount of tension, too. Cheers!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad you like it! The Yamaha has 13s strings from Sonotone. They actually feel pretty loose for 13s 🙂

@matteozardinilacedelli7966 4 года назад

Always thanks

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Always welcome

@peanutpeanut123 4 года назад

Nice lesson. Also use this chord to chromatically walk thru a 1 6 2 5. C9 (E Bb D G) A7alt (G Dd F Bb) D9 (Gb C E A) G7alt (F B Eb Ab)

@MrMartinsax 3 года назад

Gracias!!!

@univuniveral9713 4 года назад

Good one there. So many chord names, but I have started experimenting with various stuff. Systematically, but without knowing the names. For instance I can take just one minor scale position, say the 1st position. Then, I choose the chord degrees to be 1, 3b, and 4. For each of them I focus on their triads, and also add the two immediate notes before the 5 for each chord. What is this called, in musical terms?

@vishyoutubevideos 4 года назад

very interesting lesson. it's true half diminished chords have always been a mystery to me. not so much anymore.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

That is great Vishal :)

@jeffmoppi 4 года назад

Very good lesson, again, Jens. I'm noticing your beautiful clean guitar tone, too. Is it a very simple setup?

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks you Dave! Glad you like the tone! It is a pretty simple setup, Guitar Fractal Audio AX8 -> PC (or the sound in the room which is a QSC K10)

@paulmoore7964 4 года назад

@@JensLarsen lol fractal ax8 = 'simple setup'

@brittdavid8591 4 года назад

Fire 🔥👊🏾

@George-nx8zu 3 года назад

What video should I watch if I'm trying to understand when its appropriate to add extensions? For example in your 2 5 1 you added additional extensions on the V7 and the i-7 chord. When is it appropriate to use a 6/9? Just anytime you resolve on the i chord? I'm not sure how much I need to learn in order to derive extensions like that

@RickDanner 4 года назад

nice I use it as the 1 chord in blues like C# in A

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Solid!

@AnAmericanComposer 4 года назад

As a music theory nut, thank you so much for making this video from such a practical perspective. Thank you also for using proper enharmonic spellings as I know how funny hdim and dim chords can be to spell. This kind of content is leagues beyond hacks on this platform like Signals Music

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad you like it! I don't really think that Jake (signals music studio) and I have the same audience, and I suspect that he sometimes makes choices like that to make it easier for his audience to get what he is talking about? We all do deal with the odd enharmonic issue in the material, I at least feel that I am always making choices about that.... :)