Trombone

3 Diminished Patterns

Introduction
The diminished scale is an octatonic scale (eight notes) that alternates
between half steps and whole steps.
There are two types - "half whole" diminished scales (starts with a half
step) and "whole half" diminished scales (starts with a whole step).
In these exercises we will focus on the "half whole" diminished scale
and use it as a way to spice up dominant chords.

 
Eb half whole dimished scale

       
half step
half step half step half step

whole step whole step whole step


Eb7 chord tones

     
 
b7


1

 
3 5 b7 5
1 3 1

Add these "spicy" notes in between: b9, #9, #11 and 13.
Result: the Eb half whole diminished scale!
  b7 13 5 #11
         3 #9 b9 1
1

 
b7
1 b9 #9 3 #11 5 13

Watch this video for a more in-depth explaination:

https://youtu.be/MsDklD9u1lA
or just search "Daniel K Johansson Trombone" on YouTube.

Each pattern on the following pages t four different dominant chords

which are written out with the exercises.
Happy practicing!
/Daniel
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1A

   
       
(Eb7 / F#7 / A7 / C7)

    
     
(E7 / G7 / Bb7 / C#7)

   
      
(F7 / Ab7 / B7 / D7)

    
     
(Eb7 / F#7 / A7 / C7)

   
     

(E7 / G7 / Bb7 / C#7)

   
     

(F7 / Ab7 / B7 / D7)

    
    

(Eb7 / F#7 / A7 / C7)

   
 
   

(E7 / G7 / Bb7 / C#7)

    
 
   
(F7 / Ab7 / B7 / D7)
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2A
      
     
(Eb7 / F#7 / A7 / C7)

  

       
      
(E7 / G7 / Bb7 / C#7)

       
 
(F7 / Ab7 / B7 / D7)

    

(Eb7 /F#7 / A7 /      

    
C7)

       
     
(E7 / G7 / Bb7 / C#7)

     
    
(F7 / Ab7 / B7 / D7)

   

       
    
(Eb7 / F#7 / A7 / C7)

 

      
   
(E7 / G7 / Bb7 / C#7)

   

       
    
(F7 / Ab7 / B7 / D7)

 
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1A+2A

   
                   
(Eb7 / F#7 / A7 / C7)

     
                
(E7 / G7 / Bb7 / C#7)

    
                

(F7 / Ab7 / B7 / D7)

              
       
(Eb7 / F#7 / A7 / C7)

    
                

(E7 / G7 / Bb7 / C#7)

             
        
(F7 / Ab7 / B7 / D7)

         
          
(Eb7 / F#7 / A7 / C7)

 

             
  
    

(E7 / G7 / Bb7 / C#7)

            
   
    
(F7 / Ab7 / B7 / D7)


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
1B

             
 
(Eb7 / F#7 / A7 / C7)

   
 
       
 
(E7 / G7 / Bb7 / C#7)

    
   
      
(F7 / Ab7 / B7 / D7)

     
2B

   
          
(Eb7 / F#7 / A7 / C7)

  

  
          
(E7 / G7 / Bb7 / C#7)

        

        
      
(F7 / Ab7 / B7 / D7)

     

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1B+2B

     
        
(Eb7 / F#7 / A7 / C7)


        
              
 

    
        

(E7 / G7 / Bb7 / C#7)

  
          
      
   


    
        

(F7 / Ab7 / B7 / D7)


        
           
  
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        A7    
(C7 / Eb7, F#7)

     
Em7

(Db7 / E7, G7)

            
B 7
   
Fm7


            
(D7 / F7, Ab7)

    
Fm7 B7

        C7   
(Eb7 / F#7, A7)

   
Gm7

(E7 / G7, Bb7)

            
   
A  m7 D 7


        D7    
(F7 / Ab7, B7)

   
Am7

(F#7 / A7, C7)

            
   
B  m7 E7

            
(G7 / Bb7, Db7)

   
Bm7 E7


        F7    
(Ab7 / B7, D7)


  
Cm7

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F 7 
   
(A7 / C7, Eb7)

        
  
Cm7


(Bb7 / Db7, E7)

              
Dm7 G7

 


    
(B7 / D7, F7)

          
E m7 A 7

 