A must for every jazz guitarist! Studying jazz requires a good grasp of how to use the diminished scale. Five lessons explore diminished scales and arpeggios. Lessons are available individually or in this set at a savings. Click links below for individual lesson demos.
1. DIMINISHED SCALES discover diminished and dominant diminished scales and how touse them over dominant chords to create an altered dominant sound for improv.
2. ONE OCTAVE DIMINISHED SCALES 10 PATTERNS Very helpful for generating new soling ideas. Being familiar with one octave diminished scales makes it easier to learn two and three octave diminished scales. Drills on how one octave diminished scales will work over four different dominant chords. Learn how to react to a dominant chord with a diminished scale to improvise.
3. DIMINISHED ARPEGGIOS study diminished arpeggios, very cool sounding and used primarily in jazz. This is a valuable lesson on soloing over dominant chords.
4. DIMINISHED TRICKS since the diminished scale is symmetrical on the fretboard there are many tricks to easily play altered sounds by transposing the finger patterns.
5. DIMISHED SCALE MAJOR TRIADS explores the four major triads found in the Diminished scale. By stringing them together you add some unusual "outside" sounds to your improv. Rich also explains how they are symmetrical and lay on the guitar for ease of playing. These ideas are demonstrated in 13 licks that can be adapted to your playing.
The set includes 140 minutes of video lessons with close up fretboard demonstrations plus printable PDF in tab, notation and grids.
