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Diminished scales

What you’ll learn

Learn how to create diminished scales for use in improvisation. (To get the most from this video, we suggest first watching Park's tutorial on Diminished 7th Chords.)

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teacher:

Park Stickney

Topics: Scales, Chords, Intervals, Music theory

Level 3

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