Group D: Chords
James Barratt teaches the Group D chord voicings for your Rockschool Guitar Grade 6 exercises, including minor 7 flat 5 and diminished seventh shapes.
What's in the course
46 lessons (3h 57m) · 1 free
01. Intro to Approaches to Improv
1:00
02. Embelleshing a melody
5:36
03. Challenge: Submit your melody
0:26
04. 7th chords
6:38
05. Composing your solo
8:53
06. Further extensions and sus chords
4:19
07. Comping in two different musical styles
8:36
08. Mixing Rhythmic and Melodic comping
4:24
09. Rhythmic improv & comping
9:55
10. Advanced strumming and embellishments
5:40
Lesson transcript
Chord Voicings for Group D
Today, we're going to learn a couple of chord voicings for Group D.
Minor Seven Flat Five Chord
The first voicing is the minor seven flat five chord.
- Root Note: E string
- Voicing: B7, B3, flat 5
Now, let's take a look at playing it on the A string.
E Minor 7 Flat 5
For E minor 7 flat 5, we can go to several places. The common shape we'll use is the following:
- Root Note: B
- Voicing: V flat seven, flat three
Diminished Seventh Chord
Next, we have the diminished seventh chord.
- The voicing given is C diminished seven, and it sounds like this:
In this instance, we have:
- Root Note
- Flattened Fifth
- Diminished Seventh
- Flattened Third
Diminished Seventh on E String
Finally, let's take a look at this chord with its root note on the E string.
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For a diminished seventh, we get this voicing:
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Root Note: E string
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Diminished Seventh: D string
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Flat Third: G string
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Flattened Fifth: B string
This voicing is really cool and versatile! Let's practice these shapes!
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