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B minor flat 51/31/2024 ![]() ![]() If we analyze the intervals between these notes, we can see that there is a minor 3rd between C and Eb, a minor 3rd between Eb and Gb, and a major 3rd between Gb and Bb. Alternatively, you can build the chord by starting with the root and adding a minor 3rd, followed by another minor 3rd, and finally a major 3rd.įor example, a Cm7b5 chord contains the notes C, Eb, Gb, and Bb, which correspond to the root, the minor 3rd, the diminished 5th, and the minor 7th, respectively. To build a half-diminished chord, you should choose a root note and then add the following intervals: a minor 3rd, a diminished 5th, and a minor 7th. I prefer playing the bass but both positions are quite comfortable. It will really help you if you are a jazz or blues player who uses a lot of Dominant chords.You can choose to play the bass (circled in green) or the counter bass (circled in blue). This lesson should really broaden your playing vocabulary. If you did not know it already, this is the reason that the blues scale has a #4/b5 note added to it. In other words, they are a diminished 5th from each other so the note that is a b5 of Bb is E, and the note that is a b5 of E is Bb. You can do this because Bb and E are tritones of each other. For example, you can substitute an E13b5 for a E7, or you can substitute a Bb13b5 for an E7. For example you can substitute a Bb13 for a E9 chord.įor even more possibilities, you can substitute a dominant chord with a flat-five note added. ![]() You can substitute any dominant chord for any other dominant chord. Because all dominant chords (7th, 9th, or 13th) must contain the 3 and b7 notes, this subtitution process works every time.Īnother great thing about this substitution process is that you do not have to substitute a Dominant 7th chord for a Dominant 7th chord. This is why you can get the same notes for both chords. In other words, It is the same distance from the root note as it is from the root note’s octave. The neat thing about the tritone is that it divides the root note and octave in half. The reason that the notes are the same is because the interval between the 3 note and the b7 note is a diminished 5th (also called the tritone). That is why the chords can be substituted for each other. ![]() If you will notice, the 3 note and the b7 note are the same notes but switched around the chords. ![]()
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