Mar 12, 2025
Guitarist John McLaughlin's use of the Diminished Scale for Chords and Improvisation:
Hi Guys, Today, a look at how jazz guitar legend John McLaughlin makes cool and original sounding jazz lines from the diminished scale when improvising. PART 1: CHORDAL SUBSTITUTIONS: First of all, let’s apply a couple of Dim7 substitutions for the Dom7b9 chord. In the example below, for the E7b9 chord we will employ Ddim7, Abdim7 chords over an E bass for a V to i cadence. EXAMPLE…
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