I found a couple of shapes for diminished and augmented chords today. For those of you that dont know what these are, they are chords made up of equal intervals.<\/p>\n
A diminished chord is 1 – b3 – b5 – bb7. For example C Eb Gb A(Bbb). Each interval is a minor third.<\/p>\n
An augmented chord is 1 – 3 – #5 e.g. C E G#. Each interval is a major third.<\/p>\n
Because these chord types are symmetrical, i.e. they are made up of the same interval repeated, any of the notes in the chord can be considered the root.<\/p>\n
So the diminished chord above can be C\u00b0, Eb\u00b0, Gb\u00b0, or A\u00b0 (\u00b0 = diminished). And the augmented chord can be any of C+, E+ or G#+ augmented (+ = augmented).<\/p>\n
What’s the use of these chords?<\/b><\/p>\n
Mainly substitutions for dominant 7 chords.<\/p>\n
Diminished chords make great 7b9 chords. A G# diminished is a substitution for a G7b9.<\/p>\n
How do you play them<\/b><\/p>\n
Diminished, very easy strings 3 4 5 6 RKL <\/p>\n
Augmented 3 4 5 6 A B RKL<\/p>\n
I might go into substitutions more in another post but, try the chords out. Move the diminished ones around three frets at a time and the augmented ones four frets and see what they sound like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I found a couple of shapes for diminished and augmented chords today. For those of you that dont know what these are, they are chords made up of equal intervals. A diminished chord is 1 – b3 – b5 – …<\/p>\n