How to Use the Minor 11 Chord

[@DRM1813]

Thank You for your commitment to improving guitar theory and training thru out the KZbin community and thru out the world… Again Thank You for your hard work. David - Washington DC 🇺🇸

[@uncleguitar603]

Man, Kerry this is so TRUE!! A few years back when I FIRST started watching your videos The one chord that you used which BLEW ME AWAY was the Em9 chord. The fingering locations that YOU used were around the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th frets. One of thee MOST MELODIC SOUL RENDERING CHORDS I HAVE EVER HEARD ON EARTH 🌎 Thanks to your teachings I am now addicted to utilizing minor 11th chords. I even accompany them with minors 9ths

[@Kerry2smooth]

Love hearing this! Thanks for sticking with me for so long!

[@teddynruthstudstill1508]

Awesome bro. and I can clearly see why they call you “2 smooth!” That’s dope!

[@Dnell-tb1yd]

In a harmonized major scale the seventh degree(B) would generate a minor seven flat five chord, which some people call half diminished but, if you flatten the flat five you end up with an 4th but since it’s an octave higher than the root it’s the 11th(7+4).

[@Phaseish]

lol yeah i was like breaking my brain, isn't A MINOr 2, 5, 1 but the song is g # minor so he got me all fucked up lol . lol this a fully dim chord like wtf haha is going on her with the pinky extension makeing an 11th , 4th i got you but in the video lol it was a little saucy.

[@mabblers]

Perfect! This answer my last question. I starting cord and family things. This is the hardest part for. I am working the heck out of scales, but need them to sound more like music. Love your lessons Bro.

[@Dnell-tb1yd]

Work on learning songs! Start with songs you know and like. If you think of music as a language most of us learned to speak before we could read, before we knew grammer(scales) or sentence structure (theory)we copied what we heard. If we treat music similarly it makes certain things easier to understand and process

[@ebhua]

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[@Kerry2smooth]

It’s not out of the question. Right now, I’ve got several projects happening w Kerry’s Kamp, my online guitar community. I’m pretty excited about how they’ll help all the Kampers grow!

[@BeauregardHall]

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[@kevindelavega3746]

Not with that mindset

[@tcmuze]

Nice video and explanations. FYI, Lighting and camera work looking crispy!!

[@Kerry2smooth]

Thanks! I’m glad you found the lesson helpful.

[@austinhunter2154]

Love this style of playing.

[@Kerry2smooth]

Thank you! Glad you love it!

[@jason0joon]

just found your channel, your content is amazing. Thank you so much. Can you do a video on how to sound all ethereal and floaty like Alina Baraz? I feel like all her songs are in constant dance between A minor/D dorian and D minor since there is never a 6th played to solidify it in minor or dorian. But I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

[@Kadenxe]

very useful chord shape

[@maillardsbearcat]

How come you refer to it as if this song was in major? I feel like it clicked for me when I realized the minor 11 vii chord you were talking about actually was the ii chord in the relative minor. Because it works with beautifully with a ii-V-i in minor too. Thank you so much, just found your channel.

[@aisselounelli2144]

Is the F# half diminished here a borrowed chord from the E minor ? or is there another formula to see it inside the scale since it doesn't belong to the diatonic harmony. I would be very glad to get an answer

[@nicorentzsch9946]

Wasn't that chord at 1:44 a Amin11 then?

[@Kerry2smooth]

Yes. Editing error. The 6 chord in the key of C is Am.

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[@Kerry2smooth]

Did you email [e-mail]

[@taylordiclemente5163]

Do you avoid parallel fifths when moving from vii11 to i?

[@marchanjr]

I Wanna know what the "spice chord" is

[@Kerry2smooth]

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[@ProducerGio]

That shotgun mic does not need to be that close kerry lol

[@TheLochs]

Isn't the 7 chord a half diminished/minor7b5? If we are speaking specifically diatonic? The minor 11 does sound great so I'm taking that for sure!, lol. Nice lesson.

[@Phaseish]

at the end of this song don't they harmonize into lydian dominant ?

[@AntonioLopez-bc6qg]

What song did you play in the middle there

[@Kerry2smooth]

Before I Let You Go by Blackstreet.

[@hersheyk.broadway6831]

Quick question.....when using the Bmin11 for your 7th chords, why wouldn't you just raise the E on the 2nd string a fret higher to an F? Wouldn't that make the 7th chord a true diminished chord?

[@Kerry2smooth]

Typically in R&B we use the minor chord, not diminished and in this lesson, I’m sharing that I sometimes use the minor 11 because it has a soft approach vs the minor or minor 7 chord. Hope this helps! 👍🏿

[@larryshields2302]

your audio seems doubled big bro.... but great video

[@Kerry2smooth]

It was. Just fixed it, so we’re good going forward.

[@josephlane355]

I noticed that you only moved two frets up 1-3 but why only a half step when you got to the 4

[@TheNatsu972]

Because the 4th note or the scale is a half step away from the 3rd

[@Dnell-tb1yd]

The major scale in C would be C-D-E-F-G-A-B. The interval between E and F is a half step, B to C is also a half step

[@Kerry2smooth]

In the major scale (any key), from the 3 to 4 is a half step.

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[@jimmyjunior5789]

Too fast 😢

[@olagokepaulfemi3947]

You mostly use seventh, why?

[@Kerry2smooth]

I don’t understand your question. Thanks.