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7-10
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11-12
M ,a , a jo jo r T d ad ad s
13-14-
M i no n o r T n od od s
15-17
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Acknowledgements
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26-32
m w n si h a d s c a l e
on seale rock.
mp ely ()if
'1
The ntervall
rd is s q e nU y tlhe dlimtn~sh,ed this slt a t o n
stru cfure 'f th
,sight-note-per-octave
di m i n i Ha symmetrical scale. dnrunished
musi is i m p o r t a n t tool for improvito U5,e this willil e x p l o r e d i e re n w a e n co un t r :~ i IJ jazz, tusi fus'i
li
alternates betwee
who
(half-wh,ols).
whole-halt)
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d . m l ni sh e
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( hl l f -w t lo .l c. )
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Because it is
symmetrical s c a l e ,
mi Because an d im in is he d o ta l s t w k h e diminished
seventh
di ~n~s edscale ha f,ou posslete
roots,
E b d im i n s h ed , G ~ d im j n is h ed ~ o n l y t hr e e d i e r, e n t d i m i n i s h e d ! scales chord.
ma mi d o m i n a n t th c h o r d s . T h e n arpeggios! and a d d e d the d im in is he d s ca l o ve r other h a r m o n i e s such mi or in move seventh, malor sevent aj sevent sh rp-e~event an others dliminished
s ym b o l
mp oy
'f,QUlna
bsr wl1'ere pll!ayed several times a t t e m p o " then a t h a s pe ed , a. mp s h o r t introductory p h r a s e s w h c h n o t t ra n s c r ib e d il h e e xa m p e s nc better s e n s e of contex to a ~n ta l a n
na
ee
a dd i o n me ov sa
CHrAPTER'1 Th
Ditninis'h:ed SCilie
Cante,xt
m ;a . o r
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The chord progression is Cm7-F7~g~B~maJ7. Ove the' pi h a lr f w h o l e ) lis u se d . T h Ii shed s c a befo
hord (F7i»9 ,th
re olving to B~ aj7. Cm7
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by a n n l e rv a of a . m ln o h l
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Dil.inished AJpeggios a,nd Pa,lylanalilies :O
G5
dimrnlish,ed
thrlrd
C5 p o w e r chord, This
s , w , e e p p k k i n g technique.
11.
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d ea , th~ls m e
E O i ' a.rpeggios
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th
same Uc
from th
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O v e r B13~9 incorporates
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T r p la y n g this patter
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a ~_ B _ _ ~
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