The Diminished Scale.
||--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|| ||--------------------------|--------------------2--4--|--5----------------|| ||--------------------------|-----------2--3--5--------|-------------------|| ||-----------------------1--|--2--4--5-----------------|-------------------|| ||--------------1--3--4-----|--------------------------|-------------------|| ||--0--2--3--5--------------|--------------------------|-------------------||Here is the Same scale one octave higher.
||-----------------------------|--------------------8--9--11--| ||-----------------------------|---------8--10--11------------| ||--------------------------8--|--9--11-----------------------| ||------------7--8--10--11-----|------------------------------| ||--7--9--10-------------------|------------------------------| ||-----------------------------|------------------------------| --12----------------|| --------------------|| --------------------|| --------------------|| --------------------|| --------------------||Hereīs a lick derived from the Diminished scale.
||----------------------------|| ||--------------------5-------|| ||--------------3---3---------|| ||------------5---5-----------|| ||--------4-7-----------------|| ||--0-3-6---------------------||And here is another one. Listen.
||--12--9-----------------12--------|| ||---------11---------11------------|| ||-------------12--9----------------|| ||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||Letīs look at two chords that work well with the Diminished scale.
The first chord is called E minor Seventh Flat Nine and contains the notes : E G Bb D
||--3----------------|| ||--3----------------|| ||--3----------------|| ||--2----------------|| ||-------------------|| ||-------------------||And here is the Second chord E diminished it contains the notes : E G Bb Db Listen.
||--3----------------|| ||--2----------------|| ||--3----------------|| ||--2----------------|| ||-------------------|| ||-------------------||