Understanding Diminished 7th Chords and How to Improvise Over Them (feat. Adam Levy)

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

4.8 • 536 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Welcome to episode 182 of the LJS Podcast where today I have special guest Adam Levy on the show to talk about diminished harmony and how to start improvising over diminished 7th chords. If you've ever felt confused by diminished chords and how to approach them, consider this a must-listen episode. Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way View Show Notes Learn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off yo...

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.
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0:21.7	single month. Podcast listeners can get 50% off their first month when you go to LJSinterCircle.com.
0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes. Now, on to today's episode.
0:36.7	Have you ever been improvising over a jazz standard
0:38.8	and everything was going fine, but then suddenly you ran into a big, bad, scary, diminished seventh
0:45.2	chord and you just didn't know what to do. Well, I'll be the first to raise my hand and say, yes,
0:50.9	diminished chords have often confused me when it comes to improvising, and sometimes I've felt
0:57.8	very limited with my knowledge and ability of how to improvise over them in what context
1:03.9	they were playing.
1:05.0	Well, on today's episode, I have a very special guest, musician, jazz guitarist, singer-songwriter, Adam Levy to talk all about
1:13.6	diminished theory, diminished harmony, and some tools for how to improvise over them.
1:18.4	That's coming right up.
1:21.0	Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories stories and advice for becoming a better jazz
1:29.5	musician and now your host he's a jazz musician author and entrepreneur brent bartstra
1:36.5	what's up everybody brent here from learn jazz standards dot com which is a blog a podcast and
1:42.4	videos all geared towards helping you become a better jazz musician.
1:47.3	Excited to be here today.
1:48.7	Like I said in the intro, we have a very special guest on the show, and that is jazz guitarist and singer-songwriter Adam Levy from Los Angeles, California,
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