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Diminished Harmony 2


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Lesson Run Time: 65 minutes / Release Date: 04/30/2011

In this second part we will cover some usage of the diminished chord for improvisation. We will also apply diminished replacement techniques to song snippets I Could Write A Book and Have You Met Miss Jones?. We will end by covering the Barry Harris diminished approach technique and apply it to a snippet of The Days Of Wine And Roses.

Other Chapters in this Piano Lesson:

Replace diminished chord with V7
Example: I Could Write A Book
Example: Have You Met Miss Jones?
Diminished Chord improv
Diminished Chord…chords!
How diminished chords work
vii diminished to I
Diminished Approach in Major
Diminished Approach in minor
Example: Days of Wine And Roses

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