Triads to Melt Faces

[@TheJQ1971]

I'm a guitarist and this really opened up a whole new way of looking at diminished scales. We tend to be "patterny" as guitarists. I never "saw" those 4 major and minor triads.

[@tiluriso]

This is awesome. Guitarist here, this channel has offered me consistent new ways to hear and visualize chord patterns options and voice leading movement. Thanks so much.

[@RockYourTeeth]

I love the idea of learning scales in their context of resolving to something, instead of just scales by themselves.

[@ultramother]

Adam thank you so much! This is a revelation. You decrypted the functional beauty of the diminished scale for me. What a gem this video is! What a treasure trove your channel is. Many thanks and love to you guys :)

[@JoePariseauMusic]

I absolutely LOVE when you break the fourth wall! You already know what the student is thinking or rather assuming you should do to apply this scale!

[@justin.johnson]

Definite missing gem with this one. Thankful for social content platforms and amazing teachers like this to help fast track debunking unsolved music mysteries. For veteran cats like me these fresh simple perspectives glue together years of fragmented and missing puzzle pieces. Thank you sir.

[@Dggb2345]

Amen

[@FridrikIulia]

Sir, where have you been hiding all these years! Best video on diminished scale EVER!!!

[@billboy3076]

Young Sir Most excellent from someone much older then you. You've got a very bright future. Thanks for sharing. Lol. One of the joys of music is that we can never know it all, but we can continue to learn forever. Smile. Sir Adam thank you.

[@MAYNOR82]

For someone like me who no longer plays jazz in a live setting but continues to listen and learn, this has been MIND BLOWING!!!🤯🤯 This is truly a jazz improv/theory gem! I’m getting out my 🎺 and getting back in the game with your channel for real!

[@breakfastplan4518]

1:13 that shift to the up close shot with the 100% REAL dialog is where its at. I would love to see more cuts like this where you and peter are being 100 with us. LOVE THIS!

[@arthurmee]

This is by far the best vid/tutorial I've seen on the diminished scales. You opened up the secret of applying them effectively. Much appreciated. Thank you.

[@stringtheoryx]

"Melt faces like Brecker" Well put. I heard Michael quite a bit, but one of the astonishing performances was with Elvin Jone's band at BlueNote. He's standing in Coltrane's shoes and not holding back, just absolutely going for it. Then joined by George Garzone, who was in a more tonal frame of mind that night, but still strategically outside. Antoine Roney, several others on stage. That should have been an album. Also heard Michael at front row of several "Tenor Summit" concerts at Birdland. Brecker, Liebman, Lovano in one of the incarnations. Liebman was inside the spirit of the piece, but Brecker was the most delicate voice. It was enlightening to see the thought behind every note. And he was always a gracious spirit. I've talked to Michael at his gigs, and he was always humble, and very self-effacing. But as Elvin said, "An absolute virtuoso." He had impact on how I think about music and where it comes from.

[@JuroJanik]

Video production, content, humour, Rhodes, everything perfect!!! Thank you :)

[@jerryballard371]

As loath as I am to give up the secrets of Chromatic button accordion (you know, the non-piano right-hand that looks like a cash register), the brilliant thing about the layout is that those rows of buttons are the 3 diminished 7th arpeggios. So long story short, every one of these triad pairs, for all keys, can be done on CBA accordion using 4 triad shapes, simply sliding up and down the keyboard. The instrument almost seems to be created with this (not to mention most of Barry Harris’s teachings) in mind. And this video was a life saver for me because I was still restricting myself to the diminished scales, which , while still easy on CBA, aren’t nearly as musical as these. THANK YOU!

[@scottc3974]

1. Choose a dom. chord 2. Travel a tritone and find a minor chord inv. from the 4 diminished chords of the chord in step 1. 3. Play a musical pattern with the 6 chord tones. 4. Resolve to a tonic chord a fourth below your dom. Chord from step 1. 5. Thanks Adam.

[@ricktangora9413]

As a guitarist, I had this scale under my fingers, but the way I used it sounded so contrived and obvious, like the whole tone scale. Thanks for opening these doors.

[@dantelopes7026]

I love how easily you break down the content vs. the function. Showing practical examples of how soloists think is crucial for student development especially if they have an ear for sound already

[@ArthurRosch]

Aside from the great lesson, the "writing", i.e. the light comic tone, is beautiful. Now I gotta practice this stuff! Keep my home town safe for jazz, guys.

[@gtrpaulj]

Along with so many others, I want to thank you for this incredible information. I have never really understood how to use the diminished scale tones outside of a diminished (or 7b9) chord and what you teach here is so cool! Thank you, Adam!

[@cns7139]

Years ago, I discovered these dominant 4-noters to remember diminished scales…. Very helpful, Adam! Also loving the major minor triads.

[@enrikosingapari]

Whoooaaa never knew diminished can be soooo beautiful and still easy to understand, one of best diminished lesson ever, thankyou so much

[@jlr022159]

I learned the diminished scale and used it a lot over the years but… I never really studied the magic of it’s chordal content… that’s what makes this video fantastic! Thank you for this wonderful lesson!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Man, what a fantastic resource. Bought your harmony games course recently. An inspiration for me as a professional instructor. Wish music school was like this. Thanks!!

[@FreepowerUG]

This is some of the best music tuition I've seen on KZbin, absolutely phenomenal lesson 👌👌👌

[@marksacco2002]

Thanks!

[@86larsonrd]

This is a wonderful reference and resource. The tritone sound it releases is the best.

[@luigiarredondosax]

Bro, imma be honest I got my bachelors but this was a masterclass man...I didn't understand it to this depth till now, Thank you so much!

[@PianoWithJonny]

Nice Adam! I really love the major to minor triad pair sound. Keep up the great work!

[@udohoerhold5337]

This is amazing. Being able to crystallize the theory to make it practical is such a huge help. Also, the video editing is great in this.

[@jamiethesubtledeceiver1585]

you have one of the best mthods for teaching on here! love your work!!

[@bassplayer9432]

I've always found the concept of triad pairs quite nebulous but this makes it much easier to understand - thanks for this video!

[@CWBella]

I really like thinking of this as a dominant resolving to its tonic; makes much more sense to think of this functionally.

[@billiongenius]

Every time he said “so, all we have to do now is…”, I was like, “Yeah! That’s what I’m going to do!” And then, he would say, “No…that’s not what we want to do…” man, I’m a sucker.

[@loulou7137]

😅

[@marceloilari9539]

😇😀yes

[@bertilvesterlund3082]

This is the best educational music video I have seen in a long time! absolutely love this!

[@scottbaekeland9750]

An interesting approach.Always like your videos. Another method is to not even think about the diminished scale at all and to just see it as (in this case) an F7 dominant scale with the scale degrees 1-b2-b3-3 #4-5-6-b7-8 . This way one can see how close it is to a blues type approach with a couple tweaks. A little off topic. I see many books talk about two diminished scales (1/2 step whole step or whole step 1/2 step) and it always seemed to me that it was easier to think of it as one scale starting on a different degree.

[@tetraqartet6798]

You can justify the 2 notes of the diminuished scale which are not in blues scale (b2 and 6) just by considering 2blues pairs at the distance of a minor 3rd (i.e. A + C blues scales). Then you'll have your complete A or C diminuished scale

[@scottbaekeland9750]

@@tetraqartet6798 The 6 is part of many blues like 1-3-5-6-b7-6-5-3 . The b2 can be used in a displaced minor blues lick like this: 5-b7-8-b9(b2)-8-b7-5

[@nakdogu]

Thanks to you, I can easily understand things that I cannot understand. thank you with all my heart...

[@jaycielle]

Within 90 seconds, you both brought up & wonderfully explored a concept that so many people don't get - there's not two diminished scales, there's just one symmetrical-shape scale that adds context to the music that's there (technically 2 exist in 12TET A440 temperament, but the shape is always the same) People think of the dim scale like it's dissonant but it's more of a game-changer - nice major stuff becomes nightmare music, whereas the right dominant chord becomes heaven with I Every other scale becomes wildly different things when split into modes - do that with the dim scale and you just get the dim scale (same with whole tone btw)

[@novaxFLY]

I am very gratefull for your lessons. Greetings from Poland!

[@DanielBarberMusic]

This is a great reframe for dim scales. Can’t wait to get home, shed and shred!

[@Qwazim0d00]

The editing is great in this video.

[@BrianKabalaMusic]

Absolutely loved this lesson Adam! And that Rhodes tone just wow

[@alaingrenier3232]

Merci beaucoup ! Quel cadeau! Thank you so much ! Such a great gift!

[@midextro8496]

What an angel you are. Thank you

[@charlottemarceau8062]

Ah yes thank you! (I'm just starting to pick out the diminished chords and scales on the fretboard, i really like your way of thinking in terms of these little dominant cadences! Nice way to break it up and not, as you say, clinically climb up and down!)

[@dermotthefifth]

Amazing tutorial. I never really understood how to start to use these scales before. Great explanation looking at how they function over a dominant chord, really excellent.

[@ytkindferalcat]

How to harmonize the diminished scale has long been a mystery for me- Thank You Sir!

[@gregeichler5237]

Your channel is amazing. I love the way that you layout concepts that I’ve “known” about in refreshing(and familiar sounding) ways. I’ve been watching for about a week now, and I’ve encouraged my own students to explore it more deeply. Thank you for introducing me to Barry Harris. Somehow, I went to Jazz school and never heard his name. I’ve been delving into the video archives. Keep groovin’ ✌️

[@balladkeys20]

Simply Amazing!!!! Nothing else needs to be said.

[@tobjafranz1187]

melt melt :-) This is sooo informative and then also FUN to watch! I'm super happy to have found this resource and i'm considering taking the course!

[@blanebostock]

Thanks for clearing away the diminished debris. Gold!

[@azguitar]

Brilliant, my friend. You've taken me into new tonal territory. Thank you.

[@houmm08]

You're a bloody genius mate

[@d3a1990]

Impeccable explanation. So happy to have found your content

[@superbroadcaster]

As a country player that learned theory the hard way while playing and still building lots of finer details of theory, understanding how jazz theory is utilized is amazing for playing. I can't stand talk about dominants and substitutions and so on, I just want to know how to use intervals well and how those face melting bebop solos actually work over scales while sounding like they're being completely random.

[@GizzyDillespee]

Couldn't play along because its too early. Will do a little later today. I don't usually play exercises like these, but this seems like a good way to get these under my hands. I least I could follow it conceptually and by ear. Thanks!

[@augustusbetucius8279]

I just think about it in terms of chord tones or intervallicly (sp?). Over the V chord, you just add the b2, m3rd, b5, M6, b7. Thinking that way the chord and key don't require any thought, you just use those intervals. Per Robben Ford, come up with melodies using those intervals and you're on your way.

[@ericgaudette4309]

Do you mean the b2 etc, of the V chord or the key you’re playing in?

[@matiquielma]

This video is amazing! I think it takes the right approach on how to learn music in general and shjould be used as a gold standard

[@jahnellbroomfield7172]

Yooo the quality of the video itself is even getting better I love this!@

[@DarthCalculus]

The tones you demonstrated at 6:30 are used heavily in the later seasons of Star Trek deep space nine

[@lordbeebus9842]

This was awesome. I love using diminished triads.

[@dominiccastillo9677]

Next level presentation!

[@anandaurora]

This is pure gold Adam.. Got me started

[@ryeguyify]

fantastic video! Wonder if you or any folks here have suggestions for effective ways of learning in all 12 keys. It seems to take me a long time to move into another key and repeat the ideas. Eventually I want to be able to just think in terms of where I am relative to the root, but I'm not sure if the snail's pace I go to figure these all out is worthwhile. A potential strategy: use a software like MuseScore to transcribe into different keys, then play them to get into muscle memory, later making more "intellectual sense" of what I'm doing. Grateful for any ideas. Maybe it is best to just do it the "hard way" that I mentioned, and perhaps write down what I played so that I can return to practicing new keys?

[@udikalekin5503]

an eye opener - love it. thank you!!

[@jameswhorton3637]

Awesome Adam!! 7 STARS!!!

[@malcolmmillar7702]

Not sure if you guys do requests but if you do. I would kill to be able to understand some of the harmony and licks anomalie plays :) killer stuff as always!

[@dereksimke9117]

That would be amazing!!! Yes please 🙏🏻

[@bobbykopas5358]

If you start the scale on C, C#,Eb, E etc. it appears very symmetrical on the keys. If you visualize the notes it's like a "M" shape followed by a "W" shape Each shape has 2 white keys and 2 black keys. Handy for non piano players (me) to play around with this scale and not get lost and play wrong notes. I think I stumbled across the triads hidden within at some point (noodling on a clavinet) but had no idea what to do with the discovery 😅

[@DanielBarberMusic]

That’s one of the other (of the 3) diminished scales. The one Adam used in this video scrunches (technical , ha!) around the F, and the other one scrunches around the B. Fun to “see” these different shapes and how the visual and musical proportionalities work out. 🎹😊

[@hoprocker]

This lesson is gold. There's a strong relation to Barry Harris' work, but this is so much easier (for me) to digest.

[@piracycan]

There’s a video by Kent Hewitt.. he used scales up and down. I think the resolve is tricky.

[@owonobrandon8747]

Oh yeah ! this is amazing sounds great on guitar

[@MH-il1lk]

Diminished scale (Octatonic) is also the core of the Alpha Chord.

[@arthurrosch5378]

Now I got it formatted. My eighteen months of piano study have yielded this poem, Piano Lessons

[@uryic000]

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW I was right on the cusp of really being able to improvise with the diminished scale. I could easily hear the jazzy sound of just the scale. But what you’ve explained here is so simple yet very profound. Thanks for the explanation. You’ve made it easy now just have to get it under the fingers

[@ufinke1974]

Thanks! Works nicely with the altered scale as well.

[@ndhjazz]

Thanks to you and Peter for all the Podcasts and Videos. I enjoy them and they are very helpful! I have a request: how would each of you take on practicing the odd changes to Dizzy Gillespie's "Con Alma"? I can hear a walk down but the changes just seem odd yet beautiful. It's a great tune and I'd like to play it more often, but I seem to get in a rut. Any help is appreciated. Thanks and keep up the great work!

[@jamesmurry5910]

I’m a guitar player and I’m subscribing! Good teacher

[@MikeTaylorPiano]

Awesome stuff Adam Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙌🏼

[@GastonsGarden]

This video connects these ideas here with George Garzone’s ideas about the chromatic triadic approach

[@folkjpf]

Thank you, Adam. this is very very helpful. greetings from Argentina

[@Composer19691]

I love this channel!

[@perschinski]

The best tips for diminished ever ;-)

[@matthewl6565]

Wtf my mind has been blown - gonna be using this all the time

[@New_in_jazz]

Thank you very much Adam.

[@abramson98]

On the third listen to this I went from "yeah so" to "holy crap, this blows my mind". Wow.

[@BrunoMigliari]

Very helpful insights! 🤘

[@mickehaglund4119]

Thank you a million for sharing this!

[@mdspman000]

Some great insight into diminished chords.

[@creepingequinox7359]

Michael brecker at Newport jazz festival ❤️❤️

[@voidofwoid]

This is great. Fantastic content. Please continue. Now the V sounds modern. What about the II and the I in II-V-I ? What can I do that they sound modern, too?

[@davidsheriff9274]

The 2 chord you can make dominant, and use all the dominant scales for that, and for the Major 1 chord, you can play lydian or lydian augmented. For Lydian augmented, you play the melodic minor scale a minor third down, so if you have a C Major 7 chord, you play the A Melodic minor scale. It gives you the #5.

[@voidofwoid]

@@davidsheriff9274 Thank you very much.

[@McMahonGary]

I think Barry Harris talked about this, and he said play the II chord as if it were the V chord (they are very close anyway), and then play the V chord as if it were the tritone substitute. So, for example, in the context of Cm to F7 to Bbmaj7, play the Cm as if it were an F7, then play the F7 as if it were B7. In my opinion, you don't need an altered tone against the I major (in this case, Bbmaj7.) Just make it pretty; the general aim is to release the tension when you get to the I chord.

[@voidofwoid]

@@McMahonGary Thank you for this.

[@Ericstlaurent]

What a great lesson - thank you!

[@momoruirui3518]

Hey Adam. Gracias por la explicación. Impresionante conceptualización. Por eso la universidad ahora es Universal.

[@jonasmartinsen3439]

I have always used the diminished scale as a pattern or diminished arpeggios, never knowing about the major triads. (Guitar player)

[@MrFunxy]

Amazing lesson 👏👏👏

[@Js-oo9jq]

you are a genius!

[@metronarcisi144]

Hey man, such a great way to teach this material. Thanks for the videos!

[@nielsdeminitair]

Sorry to ask but how to get from this training to this: 11:43 I feel like i got the transitions from minor to major triads under control but it still feels like an excercise somewhat

[@jdguitar1040]

Excellent, excellent work in so many ways. Thanks, man :)

[@DuschOne]

6:28 last chord in triads list is Ab minor, but Ab mi aug (??) is wrong, or not?

[@guitartchannelvideos]

So excited to pratice this concept, gold info. thanks for putting it toguether so nice!

[@tebs2]

Great lesson!!! Huge thanks for that 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼