Half Diminished Licks & Chords - II V I using only m7b5 Chords & Arpeggios

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

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[@firefly59]

I feel like a freshman algebra student who accidently walked into the advanced Calculus classroom. (slowly back out)

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Hi Fire Fly, you may want to check out my basic jazz chords lesson and my Tension chords lesson, here on KZbin. It also includes theory expkanation. You'll learn a lot and it's totally beginner friendly! You should check out intervalks (like, what is a third, a minor sixth etc. This knowledge is required for everything nusic related).

[@luishiguera3995]

You can definitely do magic Sandra! So much musical wisdom is being transmitted through your tutorials. I thank God for giving me a chance to find your channel. You are magically awesome.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

So glad you found me and I get to read your beautiful comments. Thank you, Luis ❤️

[@citizen303]

Outstanding lesson. Sandra's ability to demystify jazz is just amazing.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

But it's all ma-jick 😁

[@dahamus]

Great lesson thanks. Half diminished chords/arpeggios turn out to be super useful! Dm7b5 = Bb9, Ab6#11, E7alt, Fm6.

[@bobsaturday4273]

thanx Sandra , you make it very easy to understand

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad to be of help, Bob :-)

[@Rauljimenezamm]

Great lesson. Brilliant. Thank u so much.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad you liked it!

[@stefanpazalai370]

Well done!!! Großartiger Unterricht, Mrs. Sherman. Greetings from Wolfsburg, Germany.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Danke Stefan! Schön, dass ich ein bisschen Freude in den tristen Quarantäne Alltag bringen kann :-)

[@stefanpazalai370]

@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Hallo Sandra, der Vorteil dieser verrückten Zeit ist, daß wir mehr Aufmerksamkeit auf das Wunderbare lenken können. Dein Format ist genau das: Wunderbar! Danke. Ich spiele Blues und etwas Gypsyjazz...Ich freue mich über den Kontakt. Servus, gesund bleiben!!!

[@MrRossleb]

fantastic lesson. thank you

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad you find it helpful 😊

[@ccaputa]

Wow Sandra, I haven't seen one of your videos in a while and you look great! Absolutely beautiful, the new you is even better than before!

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Thanks so much ❤️

[@waynehicks1969]

I am learning a lot from you, I think. I am familiar with many of the concepts, but you really help put things into context and make them practical. The test is when I try to use them independent of watching you or playing the particular songs. But, everything seems so much more straight forward while watching for sure.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Awesome! Hope you can figure out stuff on your own now. Because that's basically my job. Help you understand these things, so you can make your own arrangements or solos etc.

[@richardlipscomb815]

Forgot to mention: Thank you for this and your work. Very interesting!

[@adigunsamson5087]

Wow 😳 superb Genius 👍 Love ❣️

[@Yakushev15]

You are such an inspiration, Sandra!!

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

That's sweet of you and agreat compliment! 🧡

[@tstuba01]

Thanks, this opened up some new thought patterns for me. Very helpful!

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad it helps. Keep swining 🎸🎵

[@ellenzinni673]

Hi. You are truly magic. 😁🎶🎵🎸.. Best. Fran Ellen and Ricki

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Hehe, I love ma-jick 😁🎇✨

[@jorgemanuelbaptistadesousa1950]

Dear Sandra: excellent video. One of the best, Easy to understand and to show (me) my mistakes. I used half diminished by ear but i didn´t know why. Now i know Thanks. Very kind of you to share your teacher vein

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Good that you have good ears. Both is important, good hearing and knowledge, so you know, HOW to use what you already know in different situations.

[@VipulChagotra]

Hi Sandra. You make jazz guitar so easy and fun to play.Thanku so much for awesome lessons. you rock🤘🤘🤘

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Thank you Vipul! I actually don't rock, but I swing :-)))

[@VipulChagotra]

@@GuitarversumSandraSherman You swing🤘🤘🤘

[@proximact695]

super lesson! chords over chords , love it :)

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Hehe, thanks. I'm having a follow up video in the making. Stay tuned!

[@Chilajuana]

Awesome tutorial Sandra!!!!!!! Happy Holiday!!!

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Thank you! Happy holidays and a swinging new year 🎶 🎸

[@stratocaster539]

Love that!

[@stuartarnold4495]

What a great idea, this really is an excellent way of using something you know putting it to use in a beautiful sounding arrangement. Thank you very much.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad it helps you, Stuart!

[@bensherwood777]

Fantastic lesson thank you!! Subscribed 😊👍

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Enjoy the jazz ride on my channel 😊

[@chalan55]

I love your tutorials Sandra 👏👏

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

So glad they help you improve your jazz playing. Keep swinging 🎸 🎶

[@mikegeld1280]

Not a bad trick,the -6 chord is to cool,because thers a dim in the 3rd inv right?

[@FSarnicola]

I play bossa nova blues but with you maybe I will learn a little jazz

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

What is Bossa Nova Blues? Bossa Nova actually uses jazz harmonies, just with a different rhythm of course.

[@gerdvanjuuten1581]

Still the bst tutorial par none. Excellent tution. Everything comes clear as soon as this lady opens her mouth. I don't know how she does it, but even as a slow learner I understand almost everything she explains.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Oh, I'm blushing already 😊. Thank you Gerd for all your nice comments and complimets 🧡

[@gerdvanjuuten1581]

@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Well deserved!

[@jamesmargulis332]

Whoa, how cool is that?!

[@riverman6655]

I get so much from these ...this was a great lesson.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

That's wonderful to hear! Thank you and keep swingin 🎶 🎸 🎶

[@michaelmascarenhas1281]

Very nice

[@andisgalaxysvieractive]

Great tutorial!

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Tonemash]

Loved it, Thank you!

[@iiWNMii]

I've love my black Howard Roberts guitar. Yours sounds sweet! Great job.

[@peterblau6592]

Been playing guitar for a long time (mainly rock) and didn't know about this usage of the -7b5. Thanks much for the blessing of this musical device.

[@angels3042]

Nice. Tks

[@PedroSilvaMusic]

Fantastic content and great playing. Thank you

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Thank you. Glad you enjoy it. Happy holidays 🎄 ❄️ 🎸 🎶

[@soundguitar]

awesome! great videos :)

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Thanks!

[@zummo61]

I usually use the half diminished on the V7 turnaround 9 (like an G#dim7 over an E7). But this is more fun.

[@TheRealSandleford]

Thank you for the presence. Seems like it applies for me. I am thinking of a new thing i learned, not sure of the theory needed but parallel minor is not sounding bad mixing with the major. was taught some, the chords in C parallel minor say, fit the scale of the relative minor of a minor 3rd above its e flat. I have Cm, D half dim, E flat, Fm, Gm, A flat and B flat.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

The C minor scale and the Eb major scale are the same actually. they just start from a different root.

[@TheRealSandleford]

@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I know this. So just trying to understand the parallel minor, the progression relation I think your lesson here has the answer with the flat and sharp ninths and fifths I arrive with these "outside" keys working. Thanks again.

[@dkwvt13]

Yes I do, thats why I'm here...! Great lesson as usual, Thank You...! B-)

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

My pleasure!

[@DAB248]

THE HALF DIMINISHED TRICK - Lesson Time Stamps 00:05 Introduction 01:17 The Theory 01:41 Half Diminished Voicing 02:07 II° - V7 - Im USING HALF DIMINISHED CHORDS ONLY 02:10 Demonstration 03:49 Example 1 - Performance 04:06 UPPER STRUCTURE HALF DIMINISHED CHORDS 04:10 Demonstration 06:16 USING HALF DIMINISHED ARPEGGIOS FOR SOLOING 06:19 Demonstration 07:41 Example 2 - Performance 07:58 Example 2 - Breakdown 09:49 HALF DIMINISHED ARPEGGIOS FROM THE E,A & D STRING 09:53 Demonstration 11:12 PLAYING VERTICALLY BY USING ALL 3 HALF DIMINISHED ARPEGGIOS 11:15 Example 3 - Performance 11:33 Example 3 - Breakdown 13:51 Example 4 - Performance 14:08 Example 4 - Breakdown 16:34 Recommended Tutorials

[@ukulelechriswilson]

Nice Video Sandra. best regards.

[@HeadlessGuitarist666]

You're amazing!

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

🧡🧡🧡

[@melekkayser167]

Excellent. Viele danke!

[@colink4823]

Really excellent video, very well presented and easy to follow

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad you liked it!

[@PhpGtr]

Dang, this WAS good. Thank you!

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad you find it helpful 😊. Keep swinging 🎸 🎶

[@Redwane-Music]

i just came across your video and I love the way you teach. so i wanted to check your other videos, and wao you lost a lots of weight , I like it the way you look now better. good job

[@mako662002]

いつも拝聴してますよ、勉強しています。

[@adamwilliams6704]

Thank you!!! This is really interesting and useful!!! I'm giving myself a real chord work-out by taking each inversion of the D half-diminished on the upper 4 strings, and then finding the G and C inversions that are on the same place of the neck ... confusing, but I'll get it with practice!

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Yesss, I see you're one of my diligent lil jazz bees 🐝 🎸 🎶

[@raulherrera8630]

Great lesson. Thank you ! The audio is a bit out of sync with the video...I hear it late in relation to the fingering. But it does not affect the lesson. Similar concept to Barry Harris' minor 6 theory. Thanks again Sandra !

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

That must be on your end, Charles, or maybe YT or the internet connection. But rest assured, it's perfectly in sync 😊

[@docbenson7462]

Thank you so much for me this cleared up chords I use but could never make any sense why....

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Now that you also understand whatyou've been doing, you can start using these things in a more planned way.

[@danielwagnerrangel6712]

Greetings from England Sandra. Brilliant lesson, thanks so much. I have been trying to improvise over brazilian bossa nova songs and this lesson is being so helpful. Marvellous stuff. Cheers Dan

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Very cool! Glad to be of help. Have a happy and swinging new year 🎶 🎸

[@champanachampana4881]

Wie gets? Gutten nacht , von Panama. Just today I came up with a scale for your lesson. It is actually for ii v i in Dm6. I always use m6 for m7ths. The notes are c c# d e f g a Bb. As you can see it’s an 8 note scale. I’m coming from a Barry Harris background. One of the things that got me to develop the approach, is that depending on what you do with the Bb as arpeggio within the scale can give you interesting sounds. Bb m(maj7) as opposed to Bbmaj7. For instance. I arppegiate the Bbm(maj7) Bb Db F A then to C Bb G Eb then to D or F. I would very likely end on a B due to my love the 6th but I would have to prepare it before the initial arpegio to have it stand out. Somewhere along the line I learned that you start a phrase a whole step belo the half diminished Em7b5, the notes would be D E G A Bb, that would give you the colors of the half dim. It does… Barry has a thing that is called 5432. Serves the same purpose. A starting point for another phrase. Hey great work you doing, and if you get the chance, get back to me. Straight ahead.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

I don't get how you like the Dm6 Sound, but then choose to play a scale that has a b6 in it. I'm not really into the Harris Method, since I'm a dorian thinker, not a mixo one.

[@ricardobrendalia1]

Grrrrrree....tings from Brazil Sandra . Another great class, I'm going to experiment on samba bossa. Thank you Teacher

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

The Half-hominid is very popular in Bossa and Samba, bc it's also a m6 inversion.

[@papasmamas1]

Thanks for the video! Im tryyying to get into theory. Salute from Argentina.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

You can do it!

[@richardlipscomb815]

Hi! Just stumbled onto this. Studying modes. Question: At or near beginning of lesson, you mentioned "altered chord" and a little later, "it must be altered" (something like that). Are you just referring to the m7b5 in general, or the i (or the ii) in the chord progression? I know very little about jazz🤓

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

The term "altered" always refers to a Dominant chord! Like a G7:9, G7#9, G7b13 etc

[@alexanderaltago]

dificult topic for a simple minded like me 😁, but another lesson easy to understand 👍🏻

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad you liked it!

[@aartmark]

I've used that chord a lot through the years and never knew what it was called. I picked it up listening to The Allman Bros version of Stormy Monday.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Yes, it's used in Blues a lot, especially in slow Blues. I'm thinking about making a follow up video with just half diminished chords over a Blues. I wanted to include it in this video, but it would have gotten too long.

[@aartmark]

@@GuitarversumSandraSherman That would be great if you did that!

[@ecoturismoibiza-gp2uj]

thanks for helping so many of us. Greuste sp?

[@adriangalysh]

I've been playing for over 35 years, and always learning more... great addition to my jazz vocabulary - thanks!

[@branislavapic4029]

Sandra, you are great teacher and you have beautyful hair. ...

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Oh, thanks, dear! 🧡

[@Fran_delatorre]

Very beautiful use of m7b5 and good explication !! Thanks

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad it helps you 👍

[@trayjohn2708]

lost weight....looking good mamma. oh yeah

[@thinkpad20]

What guitar is that? Looks like it has a much wider string spacing than most electric guitars. Thanks for the lesson!!

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

That's aGibson Howard Roberts Fusion 3. It has a regular Gibson (43mm) string spacing.

[@thinkpad20]

@@GuitarversumSandraSherman thanks! :)

[@bozakarlin9034]

ingenious

[@leoncioalmonte3553]

Merry christmas love Good bless yoy

[@gerardnatera6997]

Wow! Thank you Sandra Sherman for this helpful Video

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

The pleasure's all mine, Gerard! Keep swingin 🎶 🎸

[@garyleemusic]

A G7 altered or unaltered is just fine to use in a minor key

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

An unaltered clashes with the minor key, though. Like Dm7b5 has an Ab, while the unaltered G9 chord has an A. It's a matter of taste, but usually the dominant chord that follows the half diminished chord is really always altered.

[@Web4Panama]

That IS magic!! I am surrounded with possibilities with just a few "Barry Harris inversions".

[@gustavopardiplaz4301]

Grrrrrrr....tings ✋from Venezuela 👍

[@johnc.mitchelljr.2716]

great lesson , , thank you !

[@giulianopreti3372]

Non tutti sono in grado di insegnare..tu sicuramente si!! Sei brava e molto carina!! Hai impostato benissimo le tue lezioni, io apprezzo in particolare i chord and melody. Bacioni!!

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Grazie mille! ❤️

[@farmtracks1]

Brilliant and clear teaching!! Thank you!

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad to be of help 😊. Happy, swingin new year 🎶🎸

[@rccarsandmusic2641]

m7b5 add the 4th mmmmm works great

[@p.pentatonic4309]

Great Lesson. And much Respect about your Knowledge. I Love Music and listen it over 35 Years in different Styles. But Jazz it Sounds sooo strange for me. I dont know why 😩😬 like a Road to nowhere . No Start no finish no Harmony no Melodie just Strange ✌

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

You may be listening to advanced jazz. I started with stupid, that most of none jazzers won't even consider jazz (although it is). Like Autumn Leaves, Sunny or So What.

[@p.pentatonic4309]

@@GuitarversumSandraSherman THX for the Info . Never hear it before= Autumn or Sunny. 🖒 it Sounds much better. Next Days watch more of your helpful Lessons

[@MarioRossibless]

Hi Sandra great tutorial thank you. Have a safe day.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Thank you! You too!

[@DARKHORSE262]

Ghost in door way at 3:07....did you see it... (100% proof)

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

What? 😂

[@samuelemahtolo]

Great lesson. Fair thumb up. Many thanks !

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Thacker you, Samuel! ❤️ Glad you enjoyed it and it helps you.

[@realrobarmus]

Hey great lesson thanks 🙏 sounds Django-esque (I guess because resolving to a minor 6 chord)

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

That is actually true! Good ears 😊

[@SirAndyDee]

I love your concept videos. Please more of these!

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Thank you! Will do!

[@bobbymcloughlin3452]

Diminished Chords Diminished Triad Maj7b5 = Diminished Augmented 7 m7b5 = Diminished Major 7 = Diminished (Diatonic) Tetrad dim7 = Diminished Dominant 7 = Diminished Tetrad Half-Diminished is a Chord that is Stacked with 3 Quarter-Note Intervals which are Neutral Seconds, Not Half-Steps Minor Third = 3 Semitones Neutral Seconds = 3 Quarter-Tones

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

I have no idea, what this is. Mind you I studied jazz guitar and jazz pedagogy for 7 years and have 2 masters degrees. Since when is a major 7 chord (even with a b5th) a diminished and an augmented chord at the same time? It's neither. Also what the heck are "neutral seconds"? Three QUARTER tones? In western music we don't have quarter tones. Maybe this is some weird concept from a 12 tone book?

[@bobbymcloughlin3452]

@@GuitarversumSandraSherman dim7 & m7b5 are Diminished Tetrads they are used in 12TET Chromatic (Western Semitone) & 14TET Chromatic (My Notation) Diversions between dim7 & m7b5 dim7 is a Diminished Tetrad for Dominant Categories m7b5 is a Diminished Tetrad for Major Diatonic Categories dim7 = Diminished Dominant Tetrad m7b5 = Diminished Diatonic Tetrad dim7 = Diminished Dominant 7 = dimV7 = R b3 b5 bb7 m7b5 = Diminished Major 7 = Dim Maj7 = R b3 b5 b7 MinMaj7b5 = Diminished 8 = Dim8 = R b3 b5 7 Dominant 7 = b7 = Flattening it = bb7 Major 7 = M7 = Flattening it = b7 Augmented 7 = 8ve = Flattening it = M7

[@bobbymcloughlin3452]

@@GuitarversumSandraSherman this Concept is the 24TET which is the Western Quarter Tone Notation

[@Bflatest]

Is it hard to move to Austria? I want to go live in Vienna.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

You sure? 😁 Where do you live right now?

[@lawrence1960]

I thought a half diminished 7 had a m7 interval and a full diminished 7 was b 7. Both of course have the b5. Now I’m confused. Otherwise great lesson.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

A half-dim chord has a b7, while a fully diminished chord has a bb7 (a diminished 7th, which is the same as a major 6th, but we call it a bb7th, bc it functions as a 7th.)

[@marchristiansen]

A lightbulb just went on in my head💡

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Bling bling 💡😁. Glad it was helpful!

[@Bluescat13]

Thank you! Fm7b5 over G7alt ....clever use of Ab melodic minor/G altered scale. :-)

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

You got that right ;-)

[@svogender]

Hmmm ... All i wanted was to ROCK...Not to become Einstein..!! 😃😂👍👍

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

You're on a jazz guitar channel, my friend. You take that back or I call the jazz police 😂🚨👮

[@svogender]

@@GuitarversumSandraSherman 😊👍

[@tieukhavu8832]

@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Or ELP.

[@oneman49instruments]

Great content! From Barcelona

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Hola Barcelona!

[@fightfan6852]

Greetings 👋

[@kimberly4107]

Sandra Sherman, you are flipping AWESOME! Thank you for this amazing lesson.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Wow, thank you! 😍

[@robertodagamapaes1657]

Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 thank you for all your work you’ve done i wasn’t watching your lessons for while because of health issues I don’t have the join button next subscription button and don’t have the software to download the backing tracks I don’t know if I’m going to get it but I will find other ways to contribute I might get some pdfs I will figure it out but so far you’re the greatest jazz guitar teacher and what you do is just priceless ❤️🎄

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Thank you so much, Roberto! Have a healthy new year. Alle the best for you, my friend! A thumbs up on each of the video you watch from me is help enough

[@MaineBluesman]

Sandra, another great lesson for this ham-handed old blues guy. Very useful! And by the way, you look great! Whatever you’re doing, keep it up. Jazz on! 👊😎🎵🎶

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Thanks, Bluesman! Keep swingin 🎵🎸

[@paulwatsonguitar]

This is great! Been practicing minor 2, 5, 1 at the moment with inversions. So Im glad I found your video. Thanks 👍

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad it was helpful!

[@steellemonstudios]

Excellent lesson! I’ve seen this concept in a few solos and saw Craig Oxley using it on Instagram. Very clear demonstration and presentation. Subbed.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Thank you! Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 🎸🎵🤗

[@brianfraneysr.5326]

TThanks Sandra for great lesson. I first learned that chord as a young music pupil in song titled “The Shadow of Your Smile”. I never forgot the sound of it but until now I could never figure out how to use it in other ways. Thanks so much!❤

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad to make you happy 😊

[@umbertocariota1880]

Bravissima!! Molto utile. Very, very useful and clear!! Greetings from Torino, Italy

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Grazie mille ❤️.

[@matthew.j.mcpherson]

Good work!

[@robr4913]

wicked lesson thanka so much.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad you dig it :-)

[@brunoweder9134]

Excellent, thank you so much

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad to be of help 😊

[@en3usiastfortesque368]

Excellent tutorial......great way to build knowledge and practical application......

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad to be of help 😊

[@johnevans9391]

Thank You Veru Much Sandra. This is Definitely Going To Open Up My Playing

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Glad to be of help!