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Extreme - More Than Words (I'm pretty sure there's a diminished arpeggio run in there when he plays it live)
i-iv-VII-III-VI-ii dim - V - i (Parisienne Walkways)
iv-VII-III-VI-ii dim - V - i (Still got the Blues)
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Sure yep and you’re right so far;
Am
Dm (or Dm7)
G (or G7)
C (or Cmaj7)
F (or Fmaj7)
Bdim (some people play Dm or Dm add6, but it’s really Bdim)
E7
Am
It’s important that the B isn’t a “dim7” chord. Dim7 chords have a bb7 note - 1 b3 b5 bb7. The dim chord is just 1 b3 b5.
If you want to add a 7th you need Bm7b5, or the “half-diminished” chord, which has a minor 7th not a diminished 7th - ie an A not an Ab (G#). This is important because the chord progresses to the E7, so mustn’t already have the G# in it (which would be the major 3rd of the E7) - it should have an A in it, which comes down to a G# on the E7, and then back up for the final resolution to the A chord (and note). That gives a nice little melody within the chords. Basically it’s a ii-V-i progression.
Normally B half-diminished is played x2323x but I like moving from C7 (x35453) up the fretboard to Fmaj7 (x 8 10 9 10 x), and playing the Bm7b5 as 7 8 9 10 10 x. You don’t get the minor 3rd (unless you play a 10 on the top E string) but it’s a really easy convenient way of getting the diminished 5th.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Do you mean A#dim btw?
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
googling I found this list, I haven't checked it:
Here There and Everywhere
Michelle
If I Fell
My Sweet Lord
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Blue Jay Way
And I Love Her
this guy shoes where you can use them (basically between I and ii, and between V and VI):
And actually there’s a 3rd category, where it sounds like a dim chord but could be considered as something else - like off the b5 of the scale where it’s very likely actually to be a II7 chord in 2nd inversion (you could consider H Phillips’s example as that) or where the Locrian triad in a major key is actually a V7 in 1st inversion.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.