Diminished Chords & Scales
Diminished Harmony is a huge area of study for jazz piano. Diminished Scales are versatile scales that are used extensively in jazz improvisation.
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Diminished Chords & Scales
Diminished Harmony is a huge area of study for jazz piano. Diminished Scales are versatile scales that are used extensively in jazz improvisation.
Diminished Harmony is an interesting area of study for the jazz piano student.
Diminished chords are effectively dominant 7b9 chord in disguise. Understanding this relationship will bring a lot of clarity to your understanding of the harmonic purpose of diminished chords
The jazz standard lessons in this course contain examples of diminished harmony so that you understand how to apply these principles in context of actual tunes.
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Diminished 7th chords are not as common as major, minor and dominant chords and so you don’t see them as often in jazz standards.
The half-whole diminished scale is an 8 note symmetrical scale that's used for improv. The scale alternates half and whole steps until it starts again.
‘Someday My Prince will Come’ was a popular tune with the jazz musicians of the 20th century and is still played in jazz clubs, hotel lobbies and weddings.
“Stardust” by Hoagy Carmichael is 48 bars long including the 16 bar introduction. From bar 17 onwards, the tune then follows a standard ABAC form.
Welcome to part 2 of this lesson on the tune Stardust. In part 1 we explored the 16 bar introduction and now we’re going to move into the main tune.
Widely quoted as one of Gershwin's finest compositions, the harmony and melody is challenging with unusual changes and large leaps in the melody.
In part 2 of this tutorial on "Embraceable You", we focus on the second half of the form. We create bigger voicings to add a sense of climax and finale.
Spend some time to work these chords and progressions, and once you feel comfortable you can move onto the main 32 bar form of the tune.
The tune follows a standard 32 bar AABA form and there is also a 24 bar introduction which we are going to include in the arrangement.
In addition to a full arrangement, we also cover the 4 bar introduction which is heard in the famous Nat King Cole recording of this tune.
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Half Whole Diminished Scale Groups File Type: pdf
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