Super Deep Dive on the Octatonic (Diminished) Scales

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What do Stravinsky, Debussy, Bill Evans, and Chick Corea all have on common? They were crushing hard on the octatonic scale. Here, pianist and author Jeremy Siskind gives a complete run down on the octatonic scale including fingers, voicings, licks, the double diminished chord, and more.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:07 The Basics
04:31 Symmetrical Scale Principles
10:55 The Three Sets and Fingering
12:55 Ways to Remember the Notes (Tetrachords + Diminished Seventh Chords)
14:55 The Double Diminished Chord
17:25 Octatonic Licks
21:17 Sweet Sweet Voicings
24:02 Identifying Triads and Seventh Chords in the Octatonic

[@neillore]

Great insight and explanation. This is a challenging topic to teach and you’ve come up with some useful methods for organizing the material, breaking it down, and for cool memory aids (as in thinking of the diminished circle symbol as a hole, for WH scale, etc.). Great work, thank you.

[@joesauvage1165]

Very nice deep dive!!!

[@joycehancock280]

Thanks for all the info. I love all the sounds and connections you make. Lots here!

[@DojoOfCool]

When I went to music school back in the Jurassic era that scale was called the "8-Tone Dominant Scale". I like how most these days just say Half-Whole, or Half-Whole Diminished scale. Makes it's clear exactly what they want.

[@JeremySiskind]

Right! 8-tone=octatonic, so that makes total sense to me!

[@jmcqueen3454]

Psyched about this one! Thankful for your videos Jeremy!

[@JeremySiskind]

I’m psyched that you’re psyched!

[@ChapinJazz]

Wonderful session, Jeremy! Thanks!

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it. It's such a fun scale to explore.

[@stuartheadey5240]

Many thanks, Jeremy. A thoroughly enlightening video.

[@JeremySiskind]

My pleasure, Stuart! I’m grateful for you!

[@theoooms7277]

such an interesting scale to dive in. Thanks again!

[@JeremySiskind]

Yeah, the possibilities and colors are endless, right?

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thanx, Maestro 🌹🌹🌹

[@JeremySiskind]

You are so very very welcome, Brenda!

[@francescomanfredi]

A great chapter for your next book!

[@JeremySiskind]

I love that you’re pushing the next book, Francesco! I’ve got to get you to come work for me!!!

[@ivannagy8911]

Great lesson! I found interesting your fingering. I use in all three scales only the first three fingers. But it is always good to practice different fingerings. I am not yet convinced that the fourth finger will work good on black tones (F# or Db left hand ) especially in these scales., but this is a good challenge to practice it. By the way I use your mirror lesson to practice this fingering with two hands, because two of three scales (with the fourth fingering) I can play in mirror. The third one is mirroring itself. Oh, man I would like to take two free years practicing all your lessons :)

[@cliftontaylor8392]

Just bought your book 5 minutes ago. The one on solo piano playing. Through hard work, sweat and tears, I hope to be as good as you..oh and with a lot of fasting and prayer too. lol

[@JeremySiskind]

I believe in you, Clifton!!! Though I haven’t done too much fasting. 😂

[@JeremySiskind]

But seriously, let me know if you need anything or if you’ve got any questions.

[@love-nsky]

Hello Jeremy, your book has technic to improvise too?

[@JeremySiskind]

This one doesn’t cover much improvisation. Wait for the next one though!

[@love-nsky]

@@JeremySiskind thank you, long time i am bout to get one but i can't pay by my master card. Can you help me? I am in Morocco

[@JeremySiskind]

@@love-nsky dang, Morocco! I’ve always wanted to got there. If you want, you can PayPal me at [e-mail] and I’ll send you the PDF. Or you can just buy from Amazon too.

[@love-nsky]

I will check out my paypal account and i will do it. Is it your email too, right?

[@JeremySiskind]

@@love-nsky Yes! :)

[@RobinJWheeler]

Sounds like Chopin!

[@JeremySiskind]

Cool! He uses some in minor keys, but he’s not generally the first composer I think of with this scale.

[@skmaritime_5]

MESHUGGAH !!! I hear only MESHUGGAH

[@JeremySiskind]

aha, thanks for listening!!!