Triads: Thinking Outside of Scales (Part 2) - Steve Allsworth

Return to course: Mastering the Diminished Steve Allsworth

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Mastering the Diminished

Resources

Module 1 Intro
The Diminished Scale: Basic Concepts
Performance: One String Solo

Seeing the Cells
Cheat Mode: Easy Moveable Pattern
Bolting Onto the Blues (Part 1)
Performance: Targeting the ♭5
Performance Notes: Targeting the ♭5
Bolting Onto the Blues (Part 2)
Performance: Targeting the 3rd & 6th
Performance Notes: Schrödinger's Scale?
Combining Minor & Major: The Essence of Diminished
Cheat Mode: Minor 3rds
Performance: Diminished Triads
Performance Notes: Diminished 7th Arpeggios
Seeing the ♭9: Concept & Breakdown
Seeing the Key Centre: Using Octaves
Performance: Putting it all Together
Extending the Scale: Diagonal Approach
Extending the Scale: "The Snake"
The Equator
Orientation
Connecting It Up
Pre-Performance Notes
Performance: Rock Fusion Étude
Post Performance Notes
Module 1 Recap: Next Steps

Module 2 Intro
The Diminished: Harmony Review
W/H or H/W? What's The Difference?
Dominant Connections: Going Deeper
Diminished Harmony: Building Chords
Chordal Connections: Viewing Chords from Different Angles
Performance: Chords As A Tension Device
Performance Notes
Pre-Performance Notes
Performance: Bedding In Concepts
Diminished Colours: Going Deeper
Discovery: Adding Diminished Notes to Simple Chords
Putting It All Together: Making Music With Diminished Harmony
Performance: Fusion Étude

Section 2 Intro
Intervals: Minor 3rds
Performance: Improvising With Rhythm
Minor 3rds: Legato
Building Vocab: Morphing Ideas
Example Line #2: Minor 3rds
Performance Notes: Example Line #2
Up Down Pattern: Minor 3rds
Intervals: 3rds & 4ths
Example Line #3: 3rds & 4ths
Performance Notes: 3rds & 4ths
Intervals: 5ths
Example Line #4: 5ths
Intervals: 5ths & 6ths
Example Line #5: Minor 6ths
Pre-Performance Notes: 5ths & 6ths
Example Line #6: 5ths & 6ths
Intervals: Major 6ths
Example Line #7: Major 6ths
Orientation: Major 6ths
String Skipping: Major 6ths
Example Line #8: Wonky String Skipping
Intervals: 7ths
Example Line #9: 7ths & 2nds
Sequences: Moving Cells In Minor 3rds
Example Line #10: Breaking Up the Sequence
Less Predictable Sounds: Moving In 4ths
Classic Sax Sequence
Coltrane Sequence
Rhythmic Displacement: More Bang for Your Buck
Example Line #15: Rhythmic Displacement
Triads: Thinking Outside of Scales (Part 1)
Triads: Thinking Outside of Scales (Part 2)
Performance: Putting It All Together
Performance Notes: Two String Triads
Triad Pairs: Concept & Breakdown
Example Line #19: Triad Pairs
Brecker's Concept: Disguising the Triad
Mixing Major & Minor: More Triad Ideas
Triad Pairs: Major & Minor
Module 2 Recap

Module 3 Intro
V to I Resolution (Part 1)
How to Resolve: Seeing the Chords
Performance Notes: Voiceleading
V to I Resolution (Part 2)
Performance Notes: Building on the Basics
Diminished 7th Arpeggios: Thinking Beyond Scales
Diminished 7th Arpeggios: Crafting Lines
Adapting Arpeggios: Dim Maj 7th
Pivot Arpeggios: Sounding More Melodic
Diminished 7th Arpeggios: Building from the Root
Resolving to Minor: V to i
Performance: Minor Étude
Performance Notes
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Triads: Thinking Outside of Scales (Part 2)

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