2-5-1 Soloing with the Dominant Diminished Scale
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In this workshop, you’ll learn how to solo over the 2-5-1 chord progression with the Dominant Diminished Scale.
This course offers comprehensive lessons for mastering this versatile scale, applicable over nearly any dominant seventh chord. It begins with the 2-5-1 chord progression, teaching the scale’s notes and fingering, along with three memorization tricks. Subsequent lessons explore chords compatible with the scale and techniques for crafting impressive lines and solos. We’ll also learn 5 sample lines.
Course Objectives
Learning Focus
Course Lessons
2-5-1 Soloing with the Dominant Diminished Scale – Lesson 2
Dominant Diminished Scale Explained
2-5-1 Soloing with the Dominant Diminished Scale – Lesson 3
Chords to use the Dom Dim Scale With
2-5-1 Soloing with the Dominant Diminished Scale – Lesson 4
Dominant Diminished Scale Exercises
2-5-1 Soloing with the Dominant Diminished Scale – Lesson 5
Dominant Diminished 2-5-1 Exercises
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