Diminished pattern I got from Bobby Shew
Posted on
June 30, 2009 by
Sweets
I got this diminished pattern from a Bobby Shew Jazz book. I can’t remember the name of it though. I do remember that the Jazz book was about different Jazz technical studies, etc… Anyway, here’s the Jazz lick.
Here is a sound sample of the Jazz lick on trumpet:
How to memorize the diminished lick in 12 keys:
Since this is a diminished pattern, you’ll only need to memorize it in 3 keys depending on which note you start on. The first part of this Jazz lick is really easy to remember because it simply goes up the diminished scale. Then the Jazz lick ends with a half step below each minor 3rd going down the diminished triad. The lick ends on a minor 3rd above C in the provided example.
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