The Diminished Scale is built upon two diminished seventh chords. In the C Diminished Scale this would be C - Eb - Gb - A (Cdim7) and D - F - Ab - B (Ddim7). This scale is primarily used in jazz music and works well together with alternate seventh chords.

The diminished seventh chord is a four-note chord (a seventh chord) composed of a root note, together with a minor third, a diminished fifth, and a diminished seventh above the root: (1, ♭ 3, ♭ 5, 7). For example, the diminished seventh chord built on B, commonly written as B o 7, has pitches B-D-F-A ♭:

Mastering this scale will allow you to confidently and musically solo over Dim7 chords the next time you encounter one in a jazz tune. This lesson will explain how to build, play, and solo with the diminished scale. You will learn practice patterns, arpeggio patterns, and sample licks to help take your Dim7 soloing phrases to the next level.

The diminished seventh is used quite readily in the minor key, where it is present in the harmonic minor scale between the seventh scale step and the sixth scale step in the octave above. In 12-tone equal temperament , a diminished seventh is equal to nine semitones, a ratio of 2 9/12 :1 (approximately 1.6818), or 900 cents, and is ...

2024年7月22日 · The chord built off the leading tone, or seventh scale degree, is a fully diminished seventh chord. However, jazz musicians use diminished chords when comping over changes. You’ll often find diminished chords written into the changes of many jazz standards, so knowing how to play over them is essential.

In C Major, the creation of a diminished seventh chord built on the seventh scale degree results in a sonority spelled B-D-F-Ab and will normally resolve to the tonic triad. If interpreted as a function of the dominant, the missing root is G, and we need to analyze it as such.

Chord vii°7 is a diminished 7 th chord. It is built from the diminished triad on the 7 th degree of the scale, plus another third added on top: the 7 th, 2 nd, 4 th and 6 th notes of the scale.

This pattern is based on stacking fully diminished seventh chords on each scale degree of the C half-whole diminished scale, which again leaves us with pitches that are all diatonic to this scale. Then each of these diatonic diminished seventh chords are alternating in specific variations.

2024年1月3日 · The diminished scale is used to solo over diminished triads and diminished seventh chords with the same root note. All of the notes in those chords are contained in the diminished scale. For example, all of the notes in a C° chord and a C°7 chord can be found in a C diminished scale (fig.8).

2014年4月8日 · Diminished (or whole-half, half-whole) scale, is a scale in which the notes ascend in alternating intervals of a whole step and a half step! It's called like this because it can be conceived...