Both the whole half, and the half whole, will work on diminished chords. The half whole is also used for soloing over certain altered dominant chords, since it has the b9, the #9, the major third, the #11, the 5, and the 13. Keep in mind, it will not work over altered fifth chords, or chords with something other than a natural thirteenth. The whole half works over other chords and I dont feel like writing this stuff out right now. You probably don't have to worry yourself with diminished scales too much.
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I'd like to clarify something he said about the diminished scale. First of all, that's the whole half diminished, the fingering he showed. Second, you're only going to use it with any regularity in jazz.
Both the whole half, and the half whole, will work on diminished chords. The half whole is also used for soloing over certain altered dominant chords, since it has the b9, the #9, the major third, the #11, the 5, and the 13. Keep in mind, it will not work over altered fifth chords, or chords with something other than a natural thirteenth. The whole half works over other chords and I dont feel like writing this stuff out right now. You probably don't have to worry yourself with diminished scales too much.
Both the whole half, and the half whole, will work on diminished chords. The half whole is also used for soloing over certain altered dominant chords, since it has the b9, the #9, the major third, the #11, the 5, and the 13. Keep in mind, it will not work over altered fifth chords, or chords with something other than a natural thirteenth. The whole half works over other chords and I dont feel like writing this stuff out right now. You probably don't have to worry yourself with diminished scales too much.
