Includes 12 exercises, 6 common patterns, and 4 classic diminished licks over iiv7i tracks aligned. We consider the space of all musical scales with the ambition to systematize it. A guide for the modern jazz player paperback april 1, 2015 by walt weiskopf author 4. Like all of our pdfs, this is not meant to be used without the video. This is a huge, 248 page spiralbound book with enough material to keep the serious student busy for many months. Music center, cozy cafes, raucous night clubs, geardrenched studios, and the pinnacle of any musicians career playing weddings in new jersey. The other is a video masterclass that walt weiskopf does, where he suggests that the harmonic minor scale can be the basis for navigating minor iivs, though he does not specify what the passing tones can be as he elaborates examples on the scale. In this tutorial, i explain and demonstrate how to use triad pairs to improvise and shred over half diminished chords. The scales and patterns shown in this lesson are based on the halfwhole versions of the diminished scales.
At, our digital sheet music pdf is delivered instantly over the internet to your home printer using your browser as well as instantly printing. Weiskopf offers several sets of exercise patterns that are a good start and, once you get some of the pairs under your fingers, you can soon rip off some flashy sounding fast runs, but you need to take the concept off the page and start playing around to personalise it to really get melodic value out of it. He explained how chords are related to the diminished and how we can use the diminished to connect chords and create movement. Additionally, you can reduce the pdf file size by changing the quality parameter. If i start with a whole step, this is called the diminished scale. In essence, we are trying to retain any notes from one chord scale to the next successive chord scale.
For example, if you see a dm7, then it is in the cmaj, and you take the 4th. How to improvise on half diminished chords using triad pairs. It is symmetrical, unlike the major scale, and this alone gives it a certain mystery. Includes 12 exercises, 6 common patterns, and 4 classic diminished licks over iiv7i tracks aligned to jameys popular vol. When you consider its exotic sound, the mystery grows. This is the most important factor in choosing the best chord scale. On major seventh imlrovisation the inside triads should be put on the fourth and the fifth degree of the scale. Ex ceg a triad by skipping over d and f, and, the diminished scale also contains major triads, but to get them, we have to skip a scale step. Understanding the diminished scale sheet music weiskopf. Author and journalist cicily janus regards weiskopf as one of the best unknown. The video is a bit pianofocussed so i thought it might help some guitar players to have. Understanding the diminished scale from methode aebersold jazz method aebersold a guide for the modern jazz player in stock.
Inverted diminished wholetone tune etude on the sewenth mode of the melodic minor scale. Gain seemingly impossible facility beyond the horns previouslyconsidered limits. This long awaited 104 page book is the defining treatise on the diminished scale. Shop and buy understanding the diminished scale sheet music. Aug 31, 2016 if the augmented scale is interesting to you so far, and you feel like studying further, i recommend the augmented scale in jazz. These are called diminished scales or even the octatonic scales, because they are. What i mean by that is that, for example, the e diminished scale also contains the notes of the g diminished scale, the b flat diminished scale and the c sharp or d flat diminished scale. On this page you can scale the entire pdf document or a single page to a3, a4, a5, b4, b5, tabloid, ledger, legal, letter and more. Michael brecker, nick brignola, benny carter, kenny garrett, stan getz. Halfdiminished scales are the same as a major scale 12 step above. Apr 20, 2020 intervalic improvisation walt download as pdf file. The half diminished scale is a sevennote musical scale. A guide for the modern jazz player weiskopf, walt on. Of the two, the diminished scale has taken the primary role in coloring jazz improvisation through the swing and bebop eras and retains that position today.
Minor iiv bebop scale lesson steve neff music blog. Many people first learn to improvise using major and blues scales, and so we are used to learning scales that have a different scale for. Modes, arpeggios, half diminished, tonic minor, soloing, resolving, etc. It is the sixth mode of the ascending form of the melodic minor scale or jazz scale. It produces a very cool jazz sound by a quite unexpected means. If youre looking for a piece of music that isnt listed on our website, we will do whatever we can to find it for you, no matter how long it takes. The half diminished the half diminished chord a minor seventh chord with a flattened fifth occurs as a fournote chord on the seventh degree of the major scale, on the second degree of the harmonic minor scale and on the sixth and seventh degree of the ascending form of the melodic minor scale. Contains many exercisesetudes of varying levels and 12 solos written over standard chord changes which utilize augmented scales in both familiar and exotic ways. The halfdiminished the halfdiminished chord a minor seventh chord with a flattened fifth occurs as a fournote chord on the seventh degree of the major scale, on the second degree of the harmonic minor scale and on the sixth and seventh degree of the ascending form of the melodic minor scale. The musical rap sheet includes tours with the tommy dorsey orchestra and reggae master half pint, center stage at the l. Barry harris talks in his workshops a lot about one important chord.
It fits well over diminished chords or dominant chords that are being hextonics with diminished scales. If you alternate major and minor seconds and start with a major second it is called the diminished scale. Tim price posted some info about this a few years back but it may have imprrovisation in a previous incarnation of the forum and so now lost. Walt discusses and demonstrates various scales and arpeggios that relate to the harmony so that you can improvise. Walt weiskopf home tour dates shop arrangements books books. Triad pairs modes of the major scale, melodic minor and harmonic minor scales.
Heres a great excerpt from a barry harris workshop where he introduces an interesting diminished concept, which he jokingly calls his personal scale. There is an accompanying pdf for this series which includes the. It explains everything you need to know about this versatile scale and how where to use it in your solos. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. A players guide to his harmony jamey aebersold coauthored wwalt weiskopf also published in separate french and japanese language editions by aebersold. Methode aebersold understanding the diminished scale. Jamey aebersold jazzunderstanding the diminished scale. Or are you looking to get the best in quality for jamey aebersold jazz understanding the diminished scale free sheet music download. Weiskopf discusses examples of a large number of triad pairs that are derived from the major and minor scales, the diminished, whole tone and augmented scales and the application of his method on polychords. Walt weiskopf born july 30, 1959 in augusta, georgia is an american jazz saxophonist, multiinstrumentalist, composer, author, and educator.
Understanding the diminished scale by walt weiskopf sheet. Sep 25, 2016 in this tutorial, i explain and demonstrate how to use triad pairs to improvise and shred over half diminished chords. I recently received walt weiskopfs latest book, understanding the diminished scale. Intervalic improvisation walt weiskopf jamey aebersold jazz 1995. Giant steps, a players guide to coltranes harmony from methode aebersold jazz method aebersold jamey aebersold in stock. Walt discusses and demonstrates various scales and arpeggios that relate to the harmony so that you can improvise creatively through the changes. Barry harriss sixth diminished scale heres a great excerpt from a barry harris workshop where he introduces an interesting diminished concept, which he jokingly calls his personal scale. Can walt weiskopf teach us the ultrahip sound of the. Aug 02, 2017 or are you looking to get the best in quality for jamey aebersold jazz understanding the diminished scale free sheet music download.
Sep 08, 2017 the other is a video masterclass that walt weiskopf does, where he suggests that the harmonic minor scale can be the basis for navigating minor iivs, though he does not specify what the passing tones can be as he elaborates examples on the scale. I just want to put a list up of what i think of as some of most influential or effective jazz improv books. It explains everything you need to know about this versatile scale and howwhere to use it in your solos. Doron orenstein ive been playing the sax since the late 80s, but my musical journey has run quite the gamut. For every scale, he has identified what he calls a major trid pair to use. Barry harriss sixth diminished scale cochrane music. Nov 12, 2014 much has been written about diminished scales. Weiskopf offers several sets of exercise patterns that are a good start and, once you get some of the pairs under your fingers, you can soon rip off some flashy sounding fast runs, but you need to take the concept off the page and start playing around to personalise it. Understanding the diminished scale by walt weiskopf. Unlike the embedded notation in the videos which is only written in c concert, this booklet includes all the material in the keys of c, bb and eb.
Walt discusses and demonstrates various scales and arpeggios that relate to the. Many times, the melody may not give any clues in determining the best chord scale choice. Moring, george mraz, walter page, jaco pastorius, john patitucci, gary peacock, niels. How to improvise on half diminished chords using triad. Many people first learn to improvise using major and blues scales, and so we are used to. Understanding the diminished scale walt weiskopf on. Hw diminishedoctatonic aggregates across modulations. Its a pretty definitive resource regarding the augmented scale. This longawaited method book explains everything you need to know about the diminished scale and howwhere to use it in your solos. He has released 16 cds as a leader and performed on countless other albums as a sideman, having worked with artists such as buddy rich, frank sinatra, and steely dan. Augmented 7th or dominant 7th, sharp 9th, flat th chords e. C half diminished over cm7b5 altered scale play over.
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