Chords for Robben Ford Guitar Lesson - Diminished Scale Demo - Solo Revolution: Diminished Lines
Tempo:
134.6 bpm
Chords used:
A
Bb
C
E
Db
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The diminished scale is made up of a series of half steps and whole steps.
So, just so that you understand, the first move you make is a half step.
you establish it in the key of A, for instance, [Bb] and then you play a series of half steps [C] and whole steps.
[Db] And it's kind of cool in [A] the way this [Bb] falls on the guitar, because you're [Db] one finger after the other,
use all [Bb] four [C] fingers.
people are either slow to use this finger or slow to use that finger, right?
[C] And this opens your hand up.
[Eb] And right there is your [A] next whole step.
So, just so that you understand, the first move you make is a half step.
you establish it in the key of A, for instance, [Bb] and then you play a series of half steps [C] and whole steps.
[Db] And it's kind of cool in [A] the way this [Bb] falls on the guitar, because you're [Db] one finger after the other,
use all [Bb] four [C] fingers.
people are either slow to use this finger or slow to use that finger, right?
[C] And this opens your hand up.
[Eb] And right there is your [A] next whole step.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The diminished scale is made up of a series of half steps and whole steps. _
_ _ So, just so that you _ understand, the first move you make is a half step.
So you establish it in the key of A, for instance, _ _ [Bb] and then you play a series of half steps [C] and whole steps.
_ _ [Db] _ _ And it's kind of cool in [A] the way this [Bb] falls on the guitar, because you're [Db] one finger after the other,
and it's a good exercise too, [A] to use all [Bb] four [C] fingers.
_ Many _ [A]
people are _ either slow to use this finger or slow to use that finger, right?
The ring finger or the pinky.
_ _ _ [C] And this opens your hand up.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] And right there is your [A] next whole step. _
[C] Half step, whole step, [Db] half step, [Eb] whole step, [E] half step, [Gb] whole step, [G] half step, right?
[A] And it keeps [Bb] going.
[C] It's very [Gb] convenient on the guitar.
[B] And _ _ _ [Em] _ _ the whole step [A] here, of course, as we all know, you shift to the B string, it's tuned a third up instead of a fourth up,
so you have to make that adjustment, _ and then continue. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Db] And then, of course, you need to practice going down, [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _
right?
_ _ _ [D] _ _ So, just a kind of footnote, [E] _ to practice it in the key of E, you've got that open [F] E string.
[G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ You see how it [Bb] just lays right there?
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
It's the same thing over and over and over again.
So it's actually kind of an easy scale to play, from that point of view.
[A] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ And if you will notice, _ _ if you play _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] this note to that [C] note, which is a minor third, _ _ _ _ [Bb] half step up, [Db] minor third.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] That's what you've got.
You have this [A] repeating _ motion. _ _ _ _ _
Now _ [Bb] _ that [A] minor third, [C] up, [Eb] _ _ [Gb] keep playing minor [Am] thirds.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ Half [Bb] step up, [Dbm] minor thirds.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [E] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ So, that series of minor thirds [Bb] is known as a [Am] diminished arpeggio.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] So, the diminished scale is _ _ _ also referred to as the double diminished scale, and I'm not sure that this is true, but it makes sense to me.
[E] _ It's two diminished arpeggios placed on top of each other.
You're playing two diminished arpeggios, and once you go up a whole [A] step after the second one, _
[Eb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ you're just [Gbm] repeating yourself.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And it's the same arpeggio. _ _
It's one of the two arpeggios, right?
So I
_ _ _ The diminished scale is made up of a series of half steps and whole steps. _
_ _ So, just so that you _ understand, the first move you make is a half step.
So you establish it in the key of A, for instance, _ _ [Bb] and then you play a series of half steps [C] and whole steps.
_ _ [Db] _ _ And it's kind of cool in [A] the way this [Bb] falls on the guitar, because you're [Db] one finger after the other,
and it's a good exercise too, [A] to use all [Bb] four [C] fingers.
_ Many _ [A]
people are _ either slow to use this finger or slow to use that finger, right?
The ring finger or the pinky.
_ _ _ [C] And this opens your hand up.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] And right there is your [A] next whole step. _
[C] Half step, whole step, [Db] half step, [Eb] whole step, [E] half step, [Gb] whole step, [G] half step, right?
[A] And it keeps [Bb] going.
[C] It's very [Gb] convenient on the guitar.
[B] And _ _ _ [Em] _ _ the whole step [A] here, of course, as we all know, you shift to the B string, it's tuned a third up instead of a fourth up,
so you have to make that adjustment, _ and then continue. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Db] And then, of course, you need to practice going down, [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _
right?
_ _ _ [D] _ _ So, just a kind of footnote, [E] _ to practice it in the key of E, you've got that open [F] E string.
[G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ You see how it [Bb] just lays right there?
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
It's the same thing over and over and over again.
So it's actually kind of an easy scale to play, from that point of view.
[A] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ And if you will notice, _ _ if you play _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] this note to that [C] note, which is a minor third, _ _ _ _ [Bb] half step up, [Db] minor third.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] That's what you've got.
You have this [A] repeating _ motion. _ _ _ _ _
Now _ [Bb] _ that [A] minor third, [C] up, [Eb] _ _ [Gb] keep playing minor [Am] thirds.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ Half [Bb] step up, [Dbm] minor thirds.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [E] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ So, that series of minor thirds [Bb] is known as a [Am] diminished arpeggio.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] So, the diminished scale is _ _ _ also referred to as the double diminished scale, and I'm not sure that this is true, but it makes sense to me.
[E] _ It's two diminished arpeggios placed on top of each other.
You're playing two diminished arpeggios, and once you go up a whole [A] step after the second one, _
[Eb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ you're just [Gbm] repeating yourself.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And it's the same arpeggio. _ _
It's one of the two arpeggios, right?
So I
