Diminished Triads & How To Use Them Good morning. This is Duane. Today I’d like to walk you through a page on the web about diminished triads. Diminished piano triads are really the salt of a musical meal. If you … Continue reading →
Major & Minor Intervals & The Chords They Form Hi, this is Duane and no matter what kind of music you play, you play both balanced and unbalanced chords – Major & Minor Intervals & The Chords They Form. I’d … Continue reading →
Diminished Chords: How Quickly Can You Learn All 12? Good morning, this is Duane, and today I’d like to take a look at diminished chords, diminished triads. We’ve been taking a look at chord formations such as major chords, and … Continue reading →
Piano Chords: Using Major, Minor, Diminished & Augmented Chords To Improvise Here is a transcript of the video if you want to follow along: Good morning. This is Duane and today I would like to talk about getting started improvising … Continue reading →
Knowing piano chords can be the difference between playing the piano just by reading the notes in a piece of sheet music and being able to improvise your own arrangements of most any song. The mistake most people make is … Continue reading →
Diminished triads are formed by lowering the 3rd and the 5th of a major triad. (A triad is a 3-note chord). Remember that a major triad is formed from the root, 3rd, and 5th of a major scale. Watch this … Continue reading →
Once you know all the major chords, it’s easy to form diminished and augmented chords by just changing one or two notes.
Continue reading →Piano chords come in all flavors — major, minor, diminished, augmented, and many kinds of extended chords
Continue reading →A diminished triad is formed by lowering both the 3rd and the 5th of a major triad.
Continue reading →You wouldn’t sit down to a meal of salt and pepper, but instead you might add them to your meat & potatoes to make your meal more tasty. The same is true of diminished triads. You wouldn’t build a song out of them, but by using them sparingly, you can add taste to any musical meal.
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