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Other scales.
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There are a few other types
of scales worth exploring.
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Diminished Scales,
Wholetone Scales and Chromatic Scales.
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It's not vital that you
learn at this stage.
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Learn the major and minor scales first.
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And just play these if you've got
a good grasp of the other scales.
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Let's start with the Diminished Scales.
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These are used along with diminished
chords, and as with the chords,
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these diminished scales are unusual
in their configuration.
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So that helps you remember them.
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You may remember that we used three shifts
to cover all the diminished chords.
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So you could play four diminished
chords with that shift.
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Play C diminished, E flat diminished.
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[SOUND] G flat diminished,
or A diminished.
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So they're all contained with in that.
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Likewise, second shift and
the third shift.
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[SOUND] So, likewise,
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there are three diminished skills that
will cover all the chords as well.
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So rather than expand exactly how
they're formed theoretically,
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I'm going to show you some memory
tricks for learning scales.
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Remember, play first, ask questions later.
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You'll notice that there are certain
patterns within the scales that stand out.
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So look at the top pattern that covers
the diminished scales of C diminished,
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E flat diminished,
G flat diminished, and A diminished.
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Okay, now you can see some
patterns in there, for instance,
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there's four notes together.
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And then these four notes as well.
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That's whites with blacks in the middle.
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So two blacks and whites on either side.
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So those four.
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Okay.
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So you can just remember
those type of shifts and
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that will get you used to the sound.
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It just means you won't have to
think about what you're playing,
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what notes you're playing,
if you memorize those shifts
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Then at least you can start playing and
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start getting used to the sound
in your In your ears.
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Okay?
Second shift.
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Now notice again,
two distinct shifts in there.
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So, two whites and the two blacks.
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[SOUND] And then almost in reverse,
two other black and two, so
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that goes like that and
that goes like that.
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Okay.
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And that will go on down.
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The third shift,
again it's like the first one but
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just the same patterns
in different positions.
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So you'll get the four
notes together there.
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And then this pattern.
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[INAUDIBLE] So they're almost
like two separate [INAUDIBLE].
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Okay, and those are used along
with your diminished chords.
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Wholetone Scales.
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And you won't be using
this scale a lot either.
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So again it's more important to
learn the majors and the minors.
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But it's interesting to try this scale.
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It's relatively easy and
it's a bit of fun.
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So you may be able to introduce
it into your jazz progressions.
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The scale is generally
used over a seventh chord,
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[SOUND] whose fifth is either sharpened or
flattened.
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Okay, it's a very distinctive sound.
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It's sometimes referred
to as the cartoon scale.
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You can see a very
distinctive shape as well.
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Three whites, three blacks,
three whites, three blacks.
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And there are only two of these scales,
so they're very easy to remember.
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The other one, the other distinctive
shift is two blacks, four whites.
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Now with fingering you can either use for
the first one,
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one, three, one, two, three, four.
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Or you can even use both hands, so.
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Okay.
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Now, Chromatic Scales.
And this scale you are much more likely to
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use in many of your improvisations.
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Chromatic movement is when you move up or
down in half steps.
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Remember the shortest distance between
two notes on the piano is a half step.
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So you'll use parts of this scale in
various places to lead from one chord
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into another or
passing note to a melody note.
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When you practice this scale,
start on a new key each time.
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Don't always just start from C.
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So, you'll start with C.
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And start D flat.
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And so on.
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And the fingering is nearly always one and
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three [SOUND] except when
you hit these two gaps.
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Okay?
Then it's one and two, back to three.
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Two, two, two.
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Two, two, and so on.
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So just practice that up and down.
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It's very useful.
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So remember,
you will use it in your improvisations.
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Remember Frere Jacque.
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Or in the like of the D minor jazz.
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Very useful.