MASTER The Symmetrical Diminished Scale (Whole Half & Half Whole)

[@RobbieBarnby]

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what model is that beautiful guitar?

[@jonnyroxx7172]

Your long-form videos are the best ear training lessons for guitarists that I’ve found. My student’s ability to hear the subtlety between related diminished scales and intervals in general after spending time with your channel have been greatly improved. And so is mine!

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Dude went back again. The description on the major 7th is so helpful. Chasing where the bb7 becomes a major 7 through each voicing is SO helpful! Anyone can hear it and play it but when you really learn whatever happening you can transpose it!

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Robbie....I mean, how do you come up with this stuff?! Someone else wrote that their brain hurts, and I agree, but we are just trying to keep up with your thought processes. You think these concepts through, explain things so well, and then your demonstrations are completely inspiring. Thank you for the incredible content and information, helping me to understand something I've never really got down. Best to you in 2023!

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[@mozartsp]

This lesson is absolutely fantastic! Lots of content explained in a useful and precise way. I'll probably be rewatching this for months until I soak it all in.

[@rickspyder6159]

Hi Robbie ...you are by a long shot the best teacher on the net...your Barry Harris is friggin amazing ...I've always struggled with these and im surprised that you don't call them tonic w/h or dominant h/w ....this term from another teacher made it easy for me...anyway you are the best...

[@mybiggrin]

I thought I already left this comment, but this is at least 3-4 weeks of study material. I think you're one of the top pages I've found. Thank you so much.

[@bohnulus]

holy crap!!!!!!!!! this is very, very enlightening..... thank you Robbie!!!!!!!!! this explanation has helped me fashion very cool and harmonic shell chords ( I play bass ) and has added to my bag of sonic harmony tricks..... although this is no trick...... it works....I never appreciated the DNA of a diminished scale..... until I watched this video..... Holy crap.... one of the best videos I've seen in a while..... your playing is stellar by the way....

[@RobbieBarnby]

Thanks a lot, really glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful!

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Great playing and explanation.

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Beautiful ES-335!!!

[@kalleba3773]

Es 345?

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If Tomo sensei is watching this video..you doin it right , hahahah .But was it a 345 rather than 335 , with that varitone??

[@livingroompickersclub6358]

@@EumirBethbeder Yes..its a 345 as indicated by the split block inlays.

[@grantgre]

Mike Stern use is this I can hear it. I think Miles had all his musicians try to play that scale at one time

[@christianscazzieri]

Star Wars at 22:20, nailed it!

[@trukapipa]

Yeah, and the super slick turbo hybrid picking thing that he dressed it off with. Wow

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High quality content. Go Robbie!

[@shayne881]

Thanks for thisis great content ! There is a year worth of i studying in here...I have been coming back to this on a monthly basis and only now do I understand all of the theory it imies and Sometimes I just love to hear and intellectualize how the intervals chaange symmetrically in relation to each other. giving unique voicings and harmonic possibilities. ImYou could apply this scale to giant steps andghet some pretty outside sounding voicings. Great job

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Thanks for checking it out! That's great to hear.

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Excellent 👍👍👍❤ thanks Robbie

[@theinfamouscletusherringbo8134]

This is great. I'm already using these lines. Thank you very much.

[@pomod]

Man this is really great! I've been struggling getting my head around this scale for few weeks. Cheers

[@MarkDeweyCA]

This is killer playing dude.

[@dlafargue]

❤ Thanks for the video, I don't know much about scales. I only interchange with the chromatic scale depending on its mode.😅

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you are one of the most fascinating guitar players I have ever seen man. keep up the great work.

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

As a huge fan and practitioner of the operatic symphonic progressive melodic euro folk metal style that´s going on in the world of metal these years I can´t wait to sit down and dig deep into this for expanding the melodic language of the music I play. Equally applicable to the grand anthem like compositions of the style as well as to the in your face rockers as to the folk inspired acoustic songs,- all of it expanding the harmonic and melodic possibillities of an already more open and outside genre of metal than most. New sub here. Thank you.

[@andredel.8302]

Very nice and professional teaching, thank you!!!

[@dantedt3931]

Absolutely the best!

[@Brunototguitar]

Dude, this is amazing. I love the wh/hw "diminished world". You can blend them in in so many musical contexts. But, it is A LOT of "non-mainstream" stuff in there. I wouldn't take a thing of what and how you explained it, just make it slowly a bit "digestible". Once again, excellent EVERYTHING on this video, mate. 👌

[@jwandhistools]

Scapegoat Blues by Jimmy Herring is a clinic on the half whole scale. Blistering guitar work there, Robbie. My my.....

[@LyleWorkmanofficial]

This is fantastic! Thank you!

[@RobbieBarnby]

Thanks for watching!

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You're amazing bro!!!

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Every time you post a video you totally crush my aching brain, but what I really want is to hear you play music! Please consider playing some of those standards all the way through. And also consider writing some music of your own. I believe you have the knowledge and skill to take us someplace very new.

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Hybrid picking may add a whole new dimension to jazz

[@GuitarKitchen]

Thanks! Something possibly interesting to consider - would be interested what people think - rhythms based on different scales in 4/4 and 12/8. So a half step would be a eighth note and a whole step would be a quarter note.

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This is excellent work!

[@ericgendell8874]

Robby, the beauty and skill of your playing is matched only by tour warm, lush tone. Are you playing through a Kemper Profiler? Could you do a "rig rundown"? Please post some videos of you performing with a full band, especially original compositions. Although you obviously don't play in his style, I think you are at a Pat Metheney level.

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Thanks for this wonderful material Robbie. Superb! Great tips on avoiding monotony and predictability. Sidenote: the more I play guitar, the more I think the guys/girls using quartal tuning are probably right... 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@Laguitarradejuancho]

Thank you!!

[@Chris_Mascott]

Robbie… love your playing and explanations. A lot on this vidéo are sort of an extrapolation of Pat Martini’s view of augmented and diminished cords as being « parental forms ». Would you consider getting in touch with the TrueFire people to do a course. The advantage would be breaking your stuff into bite size chunks and the addition of TrueFire ‘s learning tools… plus you could get paid 😉

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Martino (bloody spell correct!)

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Best When combined with Pentatonic "Blues Scale" - think John Scofield / Scott Henderson

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How do you get this tone on you guitar? I really like it, the clean one. How did you route all that ?

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Your playing epitomizes economy of motion

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Hello Robbie! Have you got any tutorial on jazz endings? Outros/ intros? Greetings legend!

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Awesome

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This content is of excellent quality, however considering that it is very condensed, I would suggest to split it in several modules.

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[@RobbieBarnby]

Thanks for watching!

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The Jimmy Herring sound.

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Man, this makes me feel so small, I am so behind I don't even know where to start...

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Cool !!!

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@@glynnsmith4560 plus he puts visuals up too....

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Rewind and put in the work dude. Homie just crammed a master course into 43minutes. His Barry Harris is still High Wizardry,with this in top y'all should be fronting bands

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I can say this is the kind of not-for-beginners in-depth tutorial I have been waiting for for years. Thank you for this. It's amazing

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Four four?

[@bebekguitar2007]

I've been meaning to really dig into this scale, it has such an interesting sound. Thanks so much for this! Your channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites

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[@taltool]

out of millions of videos on youtube this is a treasure. a year of work packed in 40 minuets. thank you so very much.

[@RobbieBarnby]

You're very welcome! Thanks for the kind words

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One year? That's 40 years of finger numbing repetition into 40 minutes Mr. Taltool

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[@jameshaff6574]

Hey Robbie, Do you recommend we need an understanding of your Barry Harris video before this one? Love your videos btw - Thank you for making them. You can really tell how much time and effort you put into them.

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[@JacksonDunkin]

The most convenient video because I just started working with this stuff over the last 2 weeks

[@Chris-w4j]

Diminished is a good study. Diminished , altered Dim and loc Dim are the main 3 but there are other "modal" Diminished. 4 in harmonic minor 4 in harmonic major 4 in hungarian major 4 in Romainian major Loc6, dor#4, lyd#2, altbb7 Dorb5, lydb3, lydaug#9, locbb7 Lyd dom#9, altbb6bb7, alt6, dor b2#4 Lyd aug#9#3, aeolb5bb7, Mel minb5, lyd augb3 (lyd dim aug) With the 2 modes of octatonic diminished that's all of them from what I remember. There always more though but these are the most useful from the most common parent scales. 18 all together.

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Well this is just incredible. Hot damn. Great stuff.

[@tomaszochal1243]

I recommend song of Larry Carlton "Burnable" which includes this symetrical stuff inverions etc. Great video !!!!!!!

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Good God Robbie, at minute 14:14 is the first time I've ever heard what I would call a "Bebop, Trip-hop, Samba" Nice. :-)

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Thanks for another great lesson Robbie, your videos have helped take my practice to the next level!

[@onen0zednine753]

brooo 14:12 that tune was grroovey my dude

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Still in recovery from the Barry Harris video :) It will take ages to digest, retain and finally actually use this stuff (No genius here) Sounds great Well done - thanks a million!

[@TOBIBORNGuitar]

Great video and explaining. And great skills too ( but its all just because your guitar is stereo ).

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[@SomeKindOfMadman]

I swear the universe truly does listen if you “will it.” Early this week I’ve been wanting to learn more about the diminished scale and apply it into my playing. You’re a legend Robbie. Thank you.

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Awesome!

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the amount of musical knowledge and theory you packed into this lesson has left me staggering.....i hope i will recover and be able to use SOME of it.....

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Repeated viewings for me, for sure!

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I wish I could put more than 1 thumb up... This vidéo is worth a million pounds.

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I literally just started working on diminished licks to move between chords in a 12 bar blues and then you post this. *You're a legend* from one of your happy patreon subscribers.

[@RobbieBarnby]

Wonderful! Huge thanks for your support towards the channel

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Yes! Another solid Robbie video.

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No! Another solid Robbie video. I'm still digesting the diminished 6th vid!

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Thx for sharing this bro! It really helped me to understand it super well! It's mind opening|

[@RobbieBarnby]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching

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Fantastic work Robbie, we are loving this.

[@RobbieBarnby]

Thanks a lot!

[@frayman]

JTC guys, comon you need to get a masterclass with this beast of a player! damn! so much to learn from you Robbie. There is an improv course on coursera by Gary Burton, he talked about this as well. I really liked the deep dive that you offered here.

[@JoePariseauMusic]

Patreon member here... Can you do another video like this for the Augmented Whole Tone Scale? It's also symmetrical! 🎸🔥😊👍

[@RobbieBarnby]

Definitely! I've got some cool stuff which I look forward to sharing for both the Augmented and Whole-Tone symmetrical Scales.