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How to Play an F# Half-Diminished Chord on the Saxophone

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Summary: Play F# half-diminished 7th chords on the saxophone, plus learn how half-diminished chords are different from major, dominant 7th and minor 7th chords, with the expert tips in this free music theory video lesson.

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Miyanna Nielsen Mariane “Miyanna” Nielsen has been teaching and playing the saxophone professionally for over twenty years. Her skills and experience include jazz, meringue,... read more

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How to Play an F# Half-Diminished Chord on the Saxophone

MARIANE NIELSEN: Now, here we have F sharp major, then we have dominant 7th. So we've gone ahead and we've lowered that top F natural to an E. Make it minor, we lower the 3rd from A sharp to A, and now we lower the C sharp to C, to fifth, one half-step to make it half-diminished. So that C natural just changes the character of everything. Once you get to know it real well, you can embellish it a little bit as I just did with C sharp, a reverse grace note.

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