Gospel Guitar 101 :: Using Diminished Chord in Congregational and Praise Songs

[izzyvulaca]

0:16-0:25 AHHHH, AHHHHH, AHHHH lol

[morrisman64]

Great teacher cause usually its hard to play gospel on guitar since usually the guitar player mainly just add fill as the keyboard player holds down the chords and foundation of the song.

[luigidivuonomusic]

truely love this guy! best teacher ever!

[Tooks77]

What song is this from?

[missystu]

Nice voicing. Thanx!!

[dhellbilly]

Man you da Daddy, thats a complement btw, great lesson thanks so much and please keep'em coming

[Strngmusic]

more of this guy please!:) I love the old school stuff!!!!

[alexisd3]

your tone sounds like sex

[tony9L9L]

Oh I was so busy enjoying your playing I forgot to learn something!

[jose200043]

your awesome

[89mikeymike89]

just put the whole video up darn!!

[CoalBand]

sounds like someone in a cartoon laughing, hahahaha!

[MrJackson098]

nice



[MrJackson098]

beautiful

[313jcruz]

wow only 97,000 veiws??? people should have a lot more for this lesson. I mean gospel is gods music and people should really try to learn it more like us no?

[123satanic321]

this is beast, i wish i knew what chord hes playing on 2:00 though :( i cant figure it out raite now haha i know it has to be a 7th though

[unbiasedsumo]

i listen to a lot of death metal but i really like this style for some reason

[MultiGomez18]

whats all those chord progressions

!!!!

[kwilson27278]

You're one of my favorite players

[MDefsquad9]

intrusmental music is not evil unless you use it in an abusive/wrong way..case close man..for real

[Tooks77]

lovn the tone

[dogshit71]

Why do you say it's scary and it shouldn't be played in the church???

[KizzaKhaz]

@dogshit71 he was joking

[Lachy101]

@dogshit71 its made of tritones. tritones are also known as the devils interval.

[eViLJ666]

@Lachy101 yes all music is the work of the devil

[guitarslim1989]

@eViLJ666 Gospel is not the work of the devil.

[dogshit71]

@eViLJ666 Tones come from above! how can that be true?

[eViLJ666]

@dogshit71 sarcasm dude

[dogshit71]

@eViLJ666 I know.

[dogshit71]

that Devils Interval garbage is just that... GARBAGE! Another distorted implemented rule that so IDIOT from back in the day put into music to control something! So I guess my head is gonna spin backwards now?

[vividdescription]

@Lachy101

I think the devil's interval is a minor second, no?

[Lachy101]

@vividdescription nar, the tritone is. look it up!

[xcynicalxgamerx]

@vividdescription diminished 5th

[bgguitar]

@dogshit71 Just a little humor that's all! Did not mean to offend anyone! I love this chord in Gospel!

[dogshit71]

@bgguitar I feel you! People believe that its a horrible chord because it's been labeld as such for EONS!

[KingSag24]

hey could u break down what u did at 2:00..love this vid

[escarface]

0:43 lmao but good video

[tuxiedobandits16]

@escarface LOL

[Detman101]

ROFL...you're an awesome teacher!

I wish you had more videos on youtube sir.

Dm

[123satanic321]

that is a really tight chord progression and im definently going to try to figure it out.

[buggieman]

This cat makes playing gospel guitar so easy! These lessions really help out, trying to find that groove and to make it fit without getting in the way of the organ/keyboard! Thanx!

[commentchief]

JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR OH MY!!!

Why Coulnt I find this be4!!!!

[BrandonColon]

i still dont understand WHERE to place this chord in a chord progression,.

[kyotzo]

When he played "Bless that wonderful name of Jesus", he was playing in Ab at the 4th fret using the basic E7 bar chord and then switching to the A bar chord at the 4th position. When he began to switch back to the Ab7 chord, thats when he quickly threw in the diminised chord. In this case the diminished chord is G dim. In conclusion it seems that you can use the Dim Chord as a quick fill when passing back to the root chord. THKs for posting the question. I learn something to from this video.

[BrandonColon]

Awesome man helps alot. great explanation very professional and easy to understand.

[spidrmage]

listen to the song "i'm gonna find another you" by john mayer. it uses the same chords. they are just fills, you put them in between chords.

[BrandonColon]

funny you say that. im obsessed with john mayer and know how to play that song. i mean ive used the chords before just if im writing my own song i wanna know every possible way to use it

[NathanMantle]

@BrandonColon

well, where to apply it can be tricky. it's mostly used as a substitution chord.

basically, there are tons of chords in music that share the same notes, but in a different order. and these can be substituted for each other.

for instance, Ddiminished has the notes D, F, Ab, B. So you can substitute it for anything that has those notes, or at least 3 of the same notes.

and that's where music theory is extremely important cuz not many people even know the notes that make up chords

[BrandonColon]

@NathanMantle man i sorta get it but i gotta analyze that a bit more. the arpeggios

[indrazor1]

@BrandonColon In the passing between the chords

[aleksandersucharski]

@BrandonColon you can use diminished chords as substitutes for dominant chords half a step higher (since it's like a dominant arpeggio with a flat 9 instead of root), like A7 to A#dim7, and f.e. in a blues progression especially on the 4 chord:

E7/ A7 A#dim7/ E7/ Bm7 E7

A7 / A#dim7/ E7 .....

and then move that dim chord in minor thirds around the fretboard returning to your tonic chord. i hope that was comprehensible at least a bit.

[ZurabMelua]

@BrandonColon It builds nice tension if you play it a semi tone above a root major chord and you can use it as an extension of an altered dominant chord

[MrAkakiy]

@BrandonColon

He use chromatic scale, it's obvious)

[BrandonColon]

@MrAkakiy I dont mean to sound like a dick but your comment doesnt make sense to me. And saying he uses the chromatic scale isnt answering the question of where to place the chord.

[MrAkakiy]

@BrandonColon

The chord could be anywhere, because it's CHROMATIC scale. Never mind, my first post is sort of joke

[nickyVshellpink]

@BrandonColon

He's playing in G sharp and he used a D diminished to go back to the 1 (G sharp) or it can walk up to the 5 (E flat)

[VicRoseMusic]

@BrandonColon probably giving away some of my secrets but I use a lot when going from one chord to another a step apart. My fav is the 5 to 6 chord. Try using it in slow dancing in a burning room going into the C# minor chord or anytime you are going into a 6 chord.

[khonamanje]

wow.great lesson brother!

[cjtoota1]

play that chord with all the lights on!! LOL

[schecter5strg]

LOL!!! That is played on Tom & Jerry all of the time!!!

[stoob1969]

0:37 hilarious! funny video

[Michael49637]

Nice man!

[bigjez]

Love this vid the chords sound like someone is seeking up on you lol.

[pmasta333]

definitly a great way to use the dimished chords, ive played metal and blues but learning the dimished fifth made me brake away when i listened to jazz and heard them using it, but i never thought of using it in passing chord like that

[jgl2222]

this is gospel......listen and play gospel alot, and u'll be a beast

[flammaster]

I love this guy!

[AlphaCentauri00]

this is a great vid man thanks! Hey whats the name of the song you were playing it sounds nice?

[bgguitar]

Old church song call "Bless that wonderful name"

[tomthefunky]

The dim7 is the chord played when the girls were tied to railroad tracks and their heroes came to save them in the old silent movies.

[AlphaCentauri00]

lol!

[musicccoe]

using a diminished chord in church is very contradicting to the way they thought about that chord in the past, that flatted 5 was considered the devils note, they wanted to kill black sabbath for using it. lol kinda ironic

[oregonskateok]

That never happened, it was never called that. Diminished chords have been used in tons of church music, most of which you can find hundreds of years before black sabbath.

[musicccoe]

I agree it was used hundreds of years before black sabbath but ive heard of the flat 5 being reffered as the devils note by many people, just like using the blues scale in church music was considered evil in more traditional setting because the flat 5 was so unsettling, my personal opinion i dont see anything wrong with using it, its just a note. Ive just heard that from a couple teachers and guitar players.

[oregonskateok]

Yeah it is a misconception. There is no evidence it was ever banned from church. Dissonance is a desired effect in music, as its resolution is nice to the ear.

[musicccoe]

agreed : )

[BordiniBlues85]

thanks for this! great sounds!

[puronicoya]

lol that chord be scaring me! it do sound scary

[Stratus1994]

Intervoles of 6? Veary satanic >:D

[DonG0412]

"THAT CHORD BE SCARING ME" LOLLOLLOL. Man you are awesome for real though. I'm looking at all your stuff. What kinda amp you using, its really clean, in combo with your playing and the guitar of course!!!

[bgguitar]

DonG0412 that's an old 65 watt Peavey Bandit amp solid state! Yeah I got kind of wacky there but it's on tape now! lol! I hope you can get something that will enhance what you already know! God bless you Bobby G!

[moffett018]

Thanks a lot man, wish i could see which cords those are though

[ezechiel3w]

It's an G#7, a C and a D7

[SPACEBOT123]

Thank you sir for your help. God Bless you Amen.

[happyguitar1]

Thanks for breaking it down with simplicity.

You are also a great family man of honor and integrity.  May God bless you and your family.

[budoblade]

Very nice. I learned something.

[budoblade]

You are an idiot. This guitarist explains his techniques very well and it's easy to understand. Comping is very nice.

[johnAKAbear]

thats hot ... plz keep it coming!!

God Bless!!!

[Khaliyl19]

The personality of this wonderful instructor immediately caught my attention!

I'm grabbing my ax right now!

[limplee]

I DID the same thing good stuff

[Speshalyst]

Beautiful..... thank you very much from India.. God Bless you ..