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Robert
March 7th, 2008, 08:16 AM
Here is a diminished scale lick that I think sounds cool. I will post the Guitar Pro file on the weekend.

The chord over which I am playing this idea is A13b9. Any inversion of the Diminished chord (in any key related) would work.

I used my new Macbook Pro with iMovie to create this.

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jpfeifer
March 7th, 2008, 08:44 AM
Robert,

That sounds great. It's very angular and outside in terms of the notes but it still sounds fluid. Cool!

-- Jim

Jampy
March 7th, 2008, 10:43 AM
Great Video, at this point it is outside my range but does open up a whole world of new possibilities.

Robert
March 7th, 2008, 12:02 PM
Thanks guys. I know it's not the simplest lick in the world, but hopefully it can lead to new ideas. The fingering can get messy with this scale, since the design is whole-step, half-step forever. Symmetrical. The way the B string is tuned on a guitar screws up the symmetry somewhat.

sunvalleylaw
March 7th, 2008, 12:24 PM
Cool! Very different and melodic in that different way. You come up with some very interesting stuff!

mark wein
March 7th, 2008, 04:15 PM
I'm stealing that lick!

How do you like your macbook? I am planning on getting on inthe next month or so and I am hoping it will make the video lessons and other music stuff a little easier...

Robert
March 7th, 2008, 04:18 PM
One word Mark: Fabulous!

Glad you liked that lick.

street music
March 7th, 2008, 05:00 PM
Rob, I'll have to give it a try. Sounds Great!