Playing Diminished Ukulele Chords

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Now we'll discuss a diminished chord. Now, the definition of a diminished chord is a lowered third and a lowered fifth scale degree. So, if you're thinking about a major chord, if we go back to G major, which we just did. You would want to lower the B to a B flat, B was the third in the key of G, and you'd also want to lower the D to a D flat because D was the five in the key of G. So, in this chord you need a G, a B flat, and a D flat. Now, if we go back to the G major chord that you know, you can just alter this chord to fit these parameters. So, here, we know this is a D, we lower it by a half step, that's how we just made a flat five chord. Now this, right here, would be the B, that would be our third. If we lower that by a half step, that will be minor. So, minor and flat five together would give you a diminished chord and therefore, (demo) that would be a G diminished chord.

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