Dominant 7b5 Chords, Scales & Modes

Dominant 7b5 chords are common in jazz music and are most often used as tritone substitution or as leading tone chords from the melodic minor scale. There are 9 dominant 7b5 chords and they can be built from either the whole tone and diminished scales, as well as the 4th and 7th modes of the melodic minor scale. I cover all the chords and scales and how to use them in your music.

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Augmented Intervals, Chords, Scales & Modes

This article covers all things that are considered augmented in music. There are 3 kinds of augmented intervals that you will see in a handful of augmented chords or chords with augmented intervals. I also cover the 2 augmented scales and 6 augmented modes from the harmonic and melodic minor scales.

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Diminished Modes of the Melodic & Harmonic Minor Scale

The leading tone in both the melodic and harmonic minor scales builds diminished chords and are therefore diminished modes. However, There are other scale degrees in both scales that build diminished modes. The harmonic minor has four diminished modes and the melodic minor has two. And between those 6 diminished modes, you can build every possible diminished chord. I cover the modes, the chords and how to use both in your songs.

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The Diminished Chord (Dom 7th Chord Substitute)

Advanced guitar players know that the diminished triad and the half diminished chord can be used in place of dominant 7th chords. Just listen to the opening triplets on Red House by Jimi Hendrix. I show the relationship between the diminished chords and the dominant 7ths built from the major scale. And I have some choice chord shapes, riffs and a chord progressions using the m11b5 chord.

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Altered Chords: Altered Dominant 7th Chords

Altered chords are most often used by jazz musicians, but there are some that have made there way into popular music genres, From the 7#9 made famous by Jimi Hendrix or the 7#5 chord use by many different guitar players. I cover 26 different 7alt and altered 7th chords and teach you why and how to use them.

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12 Types Of Seventh Chords

Each of the 4 triads in music builds different types of seventh chords, but you can also build suspended and major b5 7th chords as well. I cover the 2 types of sevenths common to various genres and cover the intervals in each type. And I have examples of guitar voicings for each type.

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