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02-03-2018, 12:43 PM
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A CAGED series of diminished scales
I need to get competent with my diminished scales. It seems the one that gets used most often, at least in the songs I play, is the "whole/half" diminished scale. The problem is I haven't found any fretboard patterns for this scale that simplify things like the CAGED system does for others. Can you point me in the right direction?
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#2
02-03-2018, 01:22 PM
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See FwL's patterns.
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#3
02-03-2018, 11:00 PM
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The diminished scale being symmetrical, there are only two patterns that repeat up and down the fingerboard.
Start with a whole step: Code:
||---|-0-|-0-|---|-0-|---|---|- ||---|-0-|---|-0-|-0-|---|---|- ||---|-0-|-0-|---|-0-|---|---|- ||---|-0-|---|-0-|-0-|---|---|- ||---|---|-0-|-0-|---|-0-|---|- ||---|---|-0-|---|-0-|-0-|---|- Start with a half step: Code:
||-0-|---|-0-|-0-|---|---|---|- ||---|-0-|-0-|---|-0-|---|---|- ||-0-|---|-0-|-0-|---|---|---|- ||---|-0-|-0-|---|-0-|---|---|- ||---|-0-|---|-0-|-0-|---|---|- ||---|---|-0-|-0-|---|-0-|---|- One way to see the scale is to key off of this shape: Code:
||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|-0-|-0-|---|-0-|---|- ||---|---|-0-|---|-0-|-0-|---|- This shape will always repeat one fret down on the next set of strings: Code:
||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|-0-|-0-|---|-0-|---|---|- ||---|-0-|---|-0-|-0-|---|---|- ||---|---|-0-|-0-|---|-0-|---|- ||---|---|-0-|---|-0-|-0-|---|- Code:
||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|-0-|-0-|---|-0-|---|- ||---|---|-R-|---|-0-|-0-|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|-0-|-0-|---|-0-|---|- ||---|---|-0-|---|-0-|-R-|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ||---|---|-0-|-R-|---|-0-|---|- ||---|---|-0-|---|-0-|-0-|---|- Paying attention to how that two-string pattern repeats across the strings, you should be able to work out starting with your index finger, middle finger or pinky finger on any string. .
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#4
02-04-2018, 11:46 AM
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Thank you, FWL. I've printed your post, which has finally started to remove the glaze from my eyes whenever I've studied this subject.
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