{"id":486,"date":"2019-09-21T03:20:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T18:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/en\/?p=486"},"modified":"2020-06-21T19:42:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T10:42:41","slug":"diminished-scales-and-arpeggios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/diminished-scales-and-arpeggios\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Gypsy Jazz? Must learn Diminished scales and arpeggios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are going to learn about diminished scales and arpeggios today.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the most important thing to learn in gypsy jazz.<\/p>\n<p>Diminish sounds Gypsy Jazz. I could say that when you use diminished scales or arpeggios , your solo sounds 10 times more gypsy jazzy.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready and let&#8217;s learn them !<\/p>\n<h2>Diminished chords are substitutes of 7th chords<\/h2>\n<p>Before getting into scales, I will show you some rules.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, Diminished chords chord tone is 4 notes.<\/p>\n<p>1-b3-b5-bb7 &#8211; When it&#8217;s Cdim , chord tones are C Eb Gb A<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-489 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-19-at-23.07.01-min.png\" alt=\"C diminished chord\" width=\"199\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-486-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/diminish-sound.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/diminish-sound.mp3\">https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/diminish-sound.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Diminished chords are substitutes of dominant chords, right? Then what chords substitutes what? I&#8217;ll give you simple examples for now.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>C7\u2192C#dim(Dbdim)<\/li>\n<li>D7\u2192D#dim(Ebdim)<\/li>\n<li>E7\u2192Fdim<\/li>\n<li>F7\u2192F#dim(Gbdim)<\/li>\n<li>G7\u2192G#dim(Abdim)<\/li>\n<li>A7\u2192A#dim(Bbdim)<\/li>\n<li>B7\u2192Cdim<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can see, b9 of dominant chord can be diminished substitution.<\/p>\n<p>Also this is quite important that there are many diminished chord names but when you see the chord tones , there are only 3 chords.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cdim = Ebdim = F#dim = Adim<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Ddim = Fdim = G#dim = Bdim<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Edim = Gdim = A#dim = C#dim<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Diminished chords symbol is \u25cb or dim.<\/p>\n<p>When you see these symbols &#8221;\u03a6or dim7&#8221; , which means m7b5 in gypsy jazz book, usually. But non-gypsy-jazz sheet music often use \u03a6or dim7 as diminished chords. confusing us&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Diminished Scales<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-486-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ebdim-scale.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ebdim-scale.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ebdim-scale.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-03-at-20.56.24-min.png\" alt=\"Eb diminished chord\" width=\"1227\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Diminished scale has 8 notes like <strong><span class=\"marker\">R 2 b3 4 b5 #5 6 7<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it&#8217;s Ebdim , then notes are <span class=\"marker\"><strong>Eb F F# G# A B C D<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also as I told you , Ebdim scale is same as Adim , F#dim , Cdim.<\/p>\n<p>One more thing , Let&#8217;s have a look at Ebdim scale again. Notes are Eb F F# G# A B C D , if you start from D then , scale looks like this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEb\u00a0 FF#\u3000G#A\u00a0 BC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you see this lick ? Django used this often.<\/p>\n<h2>7b9 chord scales<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-486-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/D7b9-scale.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/D7b9-scale.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/D7b9-scale.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/D7b9-scale-min.png\" alt=\"D7b9 scales\" width=\"1226\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is just another way of calling same chords. This is D7b9 scales and this is just same as Ebdim scales, because Ebdim is substitution of D7.<\/p>\n<h2>Diminished Arpeggios<\/h2>\n<p>Diminished arpeggios have 4 notes and they are unique. Arpeggio is this, <strong>R\u00a0 b3 b5 bb7<\/strong>, right?<\/p>\n<p>When you see your fret board , each notes have same distance to each other.(sorry i can&#8217;t discribe better ) It&#8217;s like this.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-491\" src=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/diminished-arpeggio-min-2.png\" alt=\"diminished arpeggios\" width=\"1059\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now , let&#8217;s do it !<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-486-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-1.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-1.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-min.png\" alt=\"Adiminished arpeggios\" width=\"1229\" height=\"510\" \/><\/p>\n<p>another position<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-486-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-2.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-2.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-2-min.png\" alt=\"A diminished arpeggios\" width=\"1227\" height=\"502\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Strat from 5th string<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-486-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-3.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-3.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-3-min.png\" alt=\"A diminished arpeggios gypsy jazz\" width=\"1223\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We often use this one<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-486-7\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-4.mp3?_=7\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-4.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-4.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adim-arpeggio-4-min.png\" alt=\"diminished arpeggios\" width=\"1228\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you play this one , do not use alternate picking. We use down stroke. It&#8217;s like you move your arm down to play it. It will take long time to learn this technique but this is a must-learn-technique , if you play gypsy jazz.<\/p>\n<h2>another lessons<\/h2>\n<p>We learnt diminished scales and arpeggios today. There are also Major , Minor , 7th ones to learn as well.<\/p>\n<p>Check this one too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/category\/scales-and-arpeggios\/\">Scales and arpeggios lesson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/must-know-gypsy-jazz-chords\/\">Must-Know gypsy jazz chords<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/douce-ambiance-lesson\/\">Douce Ambiance Lesson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are going to learn about diminished scales and arpeggios today. 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