An introduction to the dark and eeire sounds of the diminished scale.

A little Bossa with a lot of diminished chord played three times using single line, octaves and chord melody. Suitable for beginners.

Learn about the half / whole diminished scale and improve your bending, vibrato and legato at the same time.

Different possible ways of playing diminished arpeggios in the style of Michael Romeo and Jeff Loomis.

Soloing over the same backing track used for Part 1. No hard chops here, only alternate picking and 16th notes mostly, 80bpm is the tempo. There's only one tiny difference compared to Part 1 and that's time duration of each key.

Using octaves, pauses and breaks when creating melodic solos!

There's only one barre chord to play in this one, the B minor, so it's an easy enough one to pick up for beginners. Most of the time you won't hear the m7b5 chord being used in songs as it isn't a very strong sounding chord.

Using a diminished arpeggio in a Mixolydian context can really help your ideas. This lesson will show you how.

Use of the same sounding dim7 chord in few minor keys.