Fundamentals
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This comprehensive course covers diminished & dominant-diminished drop 2 voicings. We’ll learn these voicings with fun exercises, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Swing Tune Using Dominant-Diminished Scale 3
Drop 2 Over Dominant-Diminished Scale 3
Drop 2 Exercise Over Diminished Scale 3
Drop 2 Over Diminished Scale 3
Drop 2 Over Dominant-Diminished Scale 2
Drop 2 Exercise Over Diminished Scale 2
Drop 2 Over Diminished Scale 2
Drop 2 Exercise Over Dominant-Diminished Scale 1
Drop 2 Exercise Over Diminished Scale 1
Definition & Usage
This comprehensive course covers diminished & dominant-diminished drop 2 voicings. We’ll learn these voicings with fun exercises, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
This comprehensive course covers half-diminished drop 2 voicings. We’ll learn these voicings with fun exercises, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Samba D Loves Me - Samba
Drop 2 Exercise - Dmin7(b5), Gmin7(b5)
Won 23 - Jazz Waltz
Drop 2 Exercise - Emin7(b5), Amin7(b5)
Block & Catch - Funk Tune
Drop 2 Exercise - F#min7(b5), Bmin7(b5)
Miner Turn Around - Ballad
Drop 2 Exercise - G#min7(b5), C#min7(b5)
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