The DIMINISHED SCALE in depth, UNLOCK the secrets of jazz
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- How to use the diminished scale in improvisation.
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"Legal harmony but not recommended" Tony says. This guy is a great music teacher. It is really cool how he has two camera angles. Seeing his facial expressions is helpful. His use of the overhead view with seeing his full hands is the best I've seen. I'm 74 and of all the guys & gals out there teaching Jazz, Tony can teach me more than all of them combined.
I’m a guitar player but get my info from piano players, I JUST discovered Tony this morning!….I agree with all of your comments….great teacher!
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Couldn’t agree more! I’m just about to turn 70 and and had pretty much given up trying to find a teacher who could unlock what for me has been a bit of a slog trying to wrap my head around jazz. This tutorial on the diminished scale is terrific.
It’s the teacher I’ve been looking for all my life! Ha. But seriously
How is this gentleman not 100x more famous?
This era don’t give shit about real music no more.
This guy is pure class and pure knowledge. He recorded this video three times. I plan to watch
it three hundred times.
Thank you Tony, an excellent lesson for reviewing and reinforcing the diminished scales for jazz!
This is an awesome lesson, I come back to regularly. Learning the 3 diminished scales and running through that sheet of examples regularly has transformed everything for me. My improv is consistently getting better and better. Indeed the maestro is a brilliant teacher!
You got right to it without smalltalk or sales pitch. Nice👌
One of the most educated people on music on all of youtube and I appreciate this page so much
of course Tomo Fujita too!
Dude, what a masterclass.
Dear Tony, I'm a self-taught amateur pianist and I'm trying to learn the basic principle of jazz from great teacher here on CZcams. You are one of these few and I cannot thank you enough for your lessons. God bless you and greetings from Italy!
Thanks, good to hear
Agreed HM 👍
Apreciado maestro Tony , son magistrales sus lecciones en este caso escalas disminuidas, soy un pianista amateur casi un autodidacta aprendí a tocar el piano básicamente a los 7 años y aún ahora a los 73 años tengo pasión por aprender más cada día, un abrazo cordial desde Buenos Aires-Argentina...
Not only comprehensive, informative, and talented ... Tony is clearly a kind soul, an encouraging teacher and fun to listen to and learn from. He’s the Bob Ross of video jazz instruction!
love the bob ross comparison!
Tony, you just unlocked the diminished scale/dominant 7 chord mystery that I have been trying to understand for a couple of years. Adding the PDF practice concepts really helps so much. Thank you for your generosity and giving in the music world.
Oh man, this dude is the real deal. Makes me miss being able to afford one on one lessons, amazing how personal and relaxed the vibe of the video is. Supreme old school humanity, appreciate you Tony!
Dear Toni, as a teacher of music I’m glad to find you’re lessons… you’re a real master!! Thank you for you’re love of music!!
Tony, I got hooked on your channel the last couple of days and after watching this video felt like I was robbing you of your knowledge so I joined your Patreon today. You are the best, wish you lived in the Chicago area, you would have a restraining order against me. Thanks for your devotion to teaching.
this is the best lesson I seen on tube
This is the best music tutorial un CZcams
You’re activating all the learning senses: I’m seeing the text that outlines your spoken words while I’m watching the keys, hearing it all, thinking about it all. The way you explain, show, and exemplify is just incredible. I thought I was going to sleep tonight, but screw that! Time to practice
What a great resource. Thank you!
As a 60 year old guitarist I find this is a great review of things I've already known about the diminished scales. This is a great overview with some cool ideas both melodically and harmonically. And... I'm getting the urge to get back to working stuff out on piano which is always a good thing. Thanks for sharing your insights and ideas with the diminished scales. It's very much appreciated!!!
Glad it was helpful!
im 46 now and stil trying to learn jazz but by watching your videos is like a lightbulb😀thank you and more power💪
Over the last few years the majority CZcams videos I have seen dealt with the pentatonic scale. My formative years (70’s-80’s) we absorbed completely the diminished scales. This is refreshing to see. Thank you.
Diminished scale sounds so special , makes me think to Oscar Peterson .... great master. Video teaching !!
Thank you for the sheets and for your great tutorials
The most useful diminished scale video that I have ever seen on CZcams, Great work Tony thank you brother.
Thanks, and I find the diminished scale to be the most useful scale for improvising on standards
This channel is gold
Again, thank you for the awesome video Tony!
ultra cool! cromatic conection!!
The diminished scale is essential
for getting in to the language of jazz.
Now, check out this little exercise.
The diminished scale is connected to dominants (X7 chords).
Let’s play in the key of C.
Now, if you play a G7 in you left hand with the notes G, B, F (leave out the D,
as it’s only an extension of the basic note, G, and does nothing for the character
of the chord.)
Now, in your right hand, play a G-major chord: (G, B, D) - with the g7 in your
left hand as written above.
Boring, isn’t it?
Now move your right hand from the G chord (a little third down) to an E chord
(E, G#, B,) and keep the left hand on the G7. Now things begin to shine, right?
This chord is a G7, 13, b9.
Now move your right hand a little third down ones more and play a Db chord (Db,
F, Ab) and keep the G7 in your left hand. This chord is a G7, b5 (#11), b9.
The point is that any pattern that fits in to the diminished scale can be moved
up and down in little thirds and be “legal”. Most of them even make a nice and
perhaps surprising sound. Check it out.
And thank you so much for the wonderful lesson, Tony Winston.
brilliant, informative, light hearted, funny, devoid of ego or self importance...the best explanation and advice on practical usage I've ever seen . Molto Bravissimo Signor Wilson or as we say in Australia, ''It's a bloody ripper mate ! The bees knees ! '' thanks ..I am finally inspired at age 71.5 years to get into that and implement some realistic and generically accurate ideas as per Tony's advice in this fantastic clip. commend this to any aspiring jazz or even blues-rock pianist .
Thank you for the detailed video- exactly what I needed.
Great teaching. I learned so much. Thank you for sharing Tony!
ur lesso is so good thank you Tony!
This is a masterclass. Very awesome, I always learn something from your videos.
Thank you, Tony!! this is really appreciated!! you're a genius!! thanks for sharing your knowledge with everyone!
Thank you, Tony! Your explanations help so much to simplify and demystify jazz theory.
Very generous lesson.
I love the course! Taganrog you so much Tony ! So Great teacher!
Toni ....best teacher and jazz freak so far 😊
Hey Tony Thank you , Love how you communicate complicated ideas . Really appreciate it
Apreciate your explanations and thank you for the time taken to share with us, thank you
Fantastic video! The way I used to think about diminished scales back when I had a hard time "getting it", was to think of a diminished 7th chord, and then add a leading tone to each chord tone. Boom, diminished scale! Thanks as always Tony! Cheers from San Francisco :)
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thank you so much for sharing all this good stuff
Great, Tony, very instructive and explained very well. Many congratulations!
Great video! Worthy of careful study.
My second time watching this. Very excellent
Way way cool ma man. Very very helpful and exactly what I needed to know right now. Love your casual and friendly approach too. Thank you so much.
I watch a lot of jazz and gospel piano tutoring videos. I really like your style and your sincerity.
Very good lesson exactly what iam looking for...
Great job master...
You brought lots of light about this topic
Sei un grande! La tua generosità dimostra quanto sia grande la tua conoscenza 🫂❤️
Your insight connects remarkably with my own journey in finding a pathway through jazz improvisation and the diminished scales. Have a Listen to the great Brian Lemon...one of the greatest ever English pianists, sadly now passed. His concepts and in particular voicings are a constant inspiration to me. You are the first jazz teacher I have come across on the internet whose vision and teachings are truly inspiring and in sync with my own quest to learn. Many thanks for sharing.
I thumbs up for you Sir ! You Instruct clear and Precise.Thanks Sir !
One of the, if not THE best breakdown of the diminished scale I've seen! Thankyou!!
Thank you for this video. A great and very clear lesson. Very nice playing too.
Excellent explanation. Congratulations. Thanks.
Bless u . U brought me back to my diminished wonderland, u and Barry
This is fantastic!
This is one great diminished deep dive. What makes it great is its concise, effective delivery. Tony even provided notated visual's.
Excellent job !!
Dear Tony, I've seen other videos of yours about the diminished scale, but I keep watching your videos because you always bring something new. I particularly liked the effect you showed in the middle of the video using the triads walking in thirds. It sounds like a drop 2 technique from the Barry Harris school, but for the diminished scale.. I loved it because it sounds nice when applied in improv or even in comping phrases. Thank you for another great material!
Excellent piano lesson. Well explained and easy to understand. Thank you for posting this...your lesson here demystifies a lot of jazz piano solos.
Man you are a great teacher. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.
Well you've lifted my spirits, so definitely a thumbs up. What an interesting video. Brilliant!
Beautiful! Thanks!
All the pieces to the diminished puzzle in one lesson - - - WOW! Thanks Tony - - Gregg
Subscribed! You are my new teaching mentor! Thank you so much- this is great!
Dear Tony, this is by far the most helpful description of the diminished scale I've seen. Thank you for opening up the plethora of possibilities out there, hats off to you sir
Very enjoyable Jazz theory lesson, Thank you for your great work in teaching and making your videos
Thank you for sharing this incredible wealth of musical knowledge. You've managed to demystify for me something that I had a rough idea about but still wasn't able to fully understand until now.
merci Monsieur pour ces belles leçons de musique
great Tony, thank You so much
thank you so much Sir, for all the lessons 🥰
Great lesson Tony! Thank you
Great video! Thank you so much Tony 🙏🏾
You're a great teacher, thank you for your content 😊😊
Thank you for your generosity in posting this lesson and demonstrating the various patterns. You present this information in a way that works for my brain. I am transferring these concepts to mandolin with so much gratitude!
Thank you so much for this lesson, it’s most certainly all I wanted to know about these licks I never quite got. Absolutely brilliant and perfectly explained. I wish I had seen and understood the tricks of diminished scales before. Much appreciated from Normandy, France.
Always to the point!Thank you so much!!!
Jazz piano Gold. Thanks Tony**
This is an absolute eye opener. Just the right level of complexity for me, precisely what I've been looking for these past few months.. along Barry Harris. Thank you!
Thanks, Tony! Excellent Deep Dive!
I LOVE THAT BOOK!!!
my short time piano teacher gave it to me to read in the 70s when I was around 14 years old. She gave it to me cuz I could play a mean piano but I wasn't able to read music a lick. That book taught me so much!!!
Ya that's my problem I've played for about 52 years now and finally forcing myself to read music lol
@@secondvisions9759 I'm 58 years old and I have been playing in church all of my life. About four years ago, one of the churches where I was playing sent me to music school where I learned to read. Now I repeat every day!!!
Great ideas Tony - just what I have been looking for, thanks - for my saxomophone too.
Great lesson, thank you
Wonderful and useful post! Thanks for sharing your insights. I have the Jerry Coker Improvising Jazz Book and took me back to college days...
the exact video i needed from you right now
Awe man. I've been looking for something just like this ! Thank you TW. You always have useful stuff.
Merci Tony, pour ces pistes de travail .
Great material!
The overhead shot is awesomeness!
Great teaching as usual!
Wow.... I just found GOLD. I'm gonna learn so much from this channel. And sir I just feel like I'm sitting with you in a private class. Amazing.
Nice video Tony thank you
I love the way jazz make bubbles in my brains, sweet combo between harmony maths and delicious chord notes✨ thank you Sir 🙏✨
Great video. Thank you.
Many many years ago I learnt to play jazz with Jerry Cokers book Improvising Jazz. It's good that you mentioned it, brought back wonderful memories. Thankyou.
Absolutely absorbing. Thank you. Everyone wants to sit with and have a deskside tutorial like this with a master..i know i did! I will revisited & enjoy this section regularly. (subbed)
Very useful and explored in depth. Thank you very much.🎹😃
Thank you! You'e an amazing teacher, Mr Winston!
Thank you! 😃
Thank you sir for this excellent tutorial!
Dear Tony, you are the most well-rounded pianist, a great singer and the best teacher. I cannot thank you enough. God Bless!