How To Solo Over E7 Using Diminished & Whole Tone Licks
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How To Solo Over E7 Using Diminished & Whole Tone Licks
Video Content:
0:00 Introduction and question 'Diminished Or Whole Tone'?
0:18 Set up the E7 chord using the looper pedal
0:33 The first sound we're going to explore is Diminished
1:49 The second sound we want to explore is Whole Tone
4:00 Announcement about the free Gypsy Jazz Crash Course
4:40 Summary of how to play the Diminished sound over E7
5:38 Summary of how to play the Whole Tone sound over E7
7:17 Breaking out of the Whole Tone into classic lick over E7
7:50 The Concept Of using Diminished or Whole Tone
8:34 Ultimately we don't have to stick to these BUT they are a great place to start!
9:04 Subscribe to the channel and leave a comment, I answer them all
9:09 Make sure you grab the Free Gypsy Jazz Crash Course!
9:30 Stay Inspired like always and lot's of Love!
When we solo over a dominant 7th chord there are almost endless harmonic possibilities.
But we need to start somewhere and no better place than the two sounds I want to share with you in this video.
1. Diminished
2. Whole Tone
Both these sounds create cool tensions over the dominant 7th chord and both the chords that help us form our lines fall right under our fingers when we play E7.
The Diminished shape for E7 os played at the 6th fret and we can slide it up and down every 3 frets for the same sound.
The 'whole tone' shape is formed from an E9#11 chord also at the 6th fret and we can slide this shape up and down the neck every 2 frets.
The idea is to first understand the concept of both of these chords/sounds then form licks and lines using the chords and shapes.
Ultimately we want to use our ear to mix the sounds up and create lines that sound cool in our solos!
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Just discovered you like 3 days ago... By far the best guitar channel on KZread
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4 жыл бұрын
Dave Lospinoso thanks Dave I’m so glad the lessons help. Stay inspired! Robin
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Steve1963 D a good time to learn Steve , Robin
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4 жыл бұрын
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Very cool! As a professional musician since the '60s, it is exciting to be learning NEW things again. Thank You Very Much for what you're doing. You explain it clearly, and simply. I like that.
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4 жыл бұрын
TMS that’s great to hear! Happy that you’re learning new things. Stay inspired! Robin
Thanks Robin. The way you presented this idea will encourage me to use these sounds with more confidence.
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4 жыл бұрын
Richard Sullivan that’s great to hear Richard.. stay inspired! Robin
It‘s just great!! Marc from Switzerland
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2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Hans! 🙏💕🎸Robin
Thanks Robin, I play sax and I found this very useful.
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4 жыл бұрын
Gerry Smith cool Gerry! Robin
super useful nugget thanks Rob!!!!
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4 жыл бұрын
Northern Soul welcome mate glad it works for you! Robin
Fabulous, great approach as always.
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4 жыл бұрын
Bernard White thanks Bernard glad it works for you. Cheers, Robin
So good, as always 👏
Thank you, Robin. Great stuff. I’m a sucky player just starting with gypsy jazz. I’ve got your book (excellent!), your bundle of masterclasses (working through the Jumpstart one slowing, loving it) and I’m hooked on your channel. You’re my pandemic panacea.
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3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment man I’m so happy the lessons are helping. Have fun stay inspired and all the best for the new year! Robin
Inspiring for sure.
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Welcome man stay inspired! Robin
Thanks for the video and for all the things you do ... I really appreciate each video
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4 жыл бұрын
Felipe Felómeno Contreras really glad they help Felipe. Robin
this bloke is a telepath.. every vid he knows what i've been always asking...( i mean YT AI might be inside my head but i haven't written online anything about whole tones and augmenteds ) Pragmatist but a total artist laying down those elegant lines. Liked, subscribed yep.
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3 жыл бұрын
haha I'm tuning in always mate! Robin
You are amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
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3 жыл бұрын
Welcome Wilson stay inspired! Robin
More great help. Thanks Robin!
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4 жыл бұрын
Craig Jennings welcome Craig glad it helps! Robin
Great lesson again Robin !🎸🎵
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4 жыл бұрын
James Gaudette thanks James really glad it helps! Robin
Thank you for taking the mystery out of this type of playing. Keep up the good work.
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4 жыл бұрын
welcome man all the best to you! Robin
Awesome lesson, thank you!
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4 жыл бұрын
Thanks man glad it helps! Robin
ottimo suggerimento per nuove frasi grazie Robin
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4 жыл бұрын
keycorefamiza welcome 🙏 Robin
You ROCK! Thank you so much for everything.
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3 жыл бұрын
Bill thanks for the comment I’m happy the lessons are helping you! Stay inspired! Robin
You are a great teacher (and guitarist). Thank you again!
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4 жыл бұрын
Michael Andersson you’re welcome Michael! Robin
Glad I found you mate this lesson is gold cheers 👍
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3 жыл бұрын
Ahh glad it helps Kieran! Robin
It's amazing
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4 жыл бұрын
ElectricMoose thanks! 🎸❤️Robin
great stuff- that whole tone lick has a real bebop sound
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4 жыл бұрын
cjh600 yes lots to explore with that sound... cheers, Robin
Maestro!
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4 жыл бұрын
hi Sean! Robin
Robin you are great maestro really 🙏 Thanks for your lessons! 👍👍👍
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4 жыл бұрын
Андрей Andrey thanks for the kind words mate... and stay inspired! Robin
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4 жыл бұрын
Madays Andino 🙏🙏🙏Robin
Adorable Robins, thaaaaaaanks for the tips
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4 жыл бұрын
Zipper Dingo welcome mate! Robin
thanks
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3 жыл бұрын
Welcome! Robin
Great video! I love the whole tone sound. The first time I ever heard it was in the Hammer Dracula films with Christopher Lee.
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4 жыл бұрын
Bruce Baldwin thanks Bruce yes that’s right those films full of that sound! Robin
Genious
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4 жыл бұрын
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Exzellent
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2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helps! Robin
Thanks a lot to clarify this Robin. Now February will become my whole tone scale month and my bandmembers will now it😄
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4 жыл бұрын
ruudcages perfect! Let’s get that cool whole tone sound into your playing. Cheers! Robin
Great one Robin! This opens up a ‘whole’ new hallway of doors for me!
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4 жыл бұрын
Filpate cool man really glad it helps! Robin
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4 жыл бұрын
Gypsy Jazz Secrets It sure does along with many of your videos! Thank you for the passion in getting this info out here to us. You are very much appreciated! If you are ever in Tampa, let’s Jam!
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4 жыл бұрын
Filpate thanks for the kind words mate they mean a lot. Cheers! Robin
Now I'll be quoting King Crimson in my Minor Swing solos...
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4 жыл бұрын
digitalis7 perfect love it! Robin
That diminished sound is brilliant for building tension right before a chord change. Or I think it sounds sweet as on that V chord on a I VI II V sequence (just a personal fave)
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4 жыл бұрын
Ben Malone yes agreed Ben, it really add some nice tension at the spots you mention. Cheers, Robin
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4 жыл бұрын
Yeah mate when I first did it it was a real "oooh" moment hahahaha
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4 жыл бұрын
Ben Malone yes... do it more!
Robin, another great lesson. I do find it hard to make melodies with the whole tone scale/sound as opposed to normal e7 and diminished chords...whole tone sound is a bit hard to get "into"your ears....thanks a million again, these lessons are really helpfull !
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Жыл бұрын
Glad they help Rogier stay inspired! Robin
I'm going to apply this to everything😭😭🔥🔥
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4 жыл бұрын
Shomari Nichols yeah Shomari have fun and stay inspired! Robin
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Cool, Cool, Cool, Love, Love, Love, Thanks Robin, Masaki KOBE
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4 жыл бұрын
Masaki Shimazaki welcome 🙏 Masaki! All the best, Robin
Good stuff, I really liked the sound of the whole tone licks. Amazing, already one down vote.?????
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4 жыл бұрын
Abe Hanson so much to explore Abe! Robin
Great lesson maybe slow down a bit more call out notes when you connect the scales great sound
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2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sam and good point about slowing down appreciate the feedback. Cheers 🎸💕Robin
Hi Robin, do you have some videos showing some diagonal arpeggios?
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Hi Robin, greetings from Thailand, and thanks for your great lessons. As usual I am confused, and wonder if you could please clarify something. What is the diminished chord you are playing over the E7 ? It cannot be an Edim7, but appears it could be Ddim7, Fdim7, G#dim7 or Bdim7. The reason for asking is I am trying to get my head round the theory and wanting to use the full diminished scale, but unsure which one to use, (rather than just use the chord notes). Hope this makes sense. Thank you.
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4 жыл бұрын
bpaak waan hi Bpaak - Yes you are right, the diminished chord you play over E7 is G#, B, D, or F. All the best! Robin
Great lesson and tone! What amplifier do you use?
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2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Louis! It’s an AER Compact 60 🙏💕🎸Robin
Hi Robin, thanks for all you do. Hey, what kind of pickup is that?
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4 жыл бұрын
Greg Sadow it’s a Joe Biden Humbucker.. Danny Gatton model.. rocks! Robin
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4 жыл бұрын
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Greg Sadow Joe Barden indeed!
Great as always ;-) Which is this pickup at the hole?
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Superloco Gypsy it’s a Joe Barden Humbucker (Danny Gatton) model 🔥Robin
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Hi Robin, could you make a video about modes?
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4 жыл бұрын
BrianMolina Musik hey Brian - I’m not really an expert on Modes and don’t think in modes when I improvise. I did make a video a couple weeks ago about the G Dorian sound over C7 which you might find interesting. It’s called Play This easy scale over C7. Cheers, Robin
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4 жыл бұрын
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I am 100 per cent sure George Harrison had a understanding of a lot of this stuff you can hear it clear as day
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3 жыл бұрын
He understood a lot! 🎸😅Robin
There's that Take the A Train sound!
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4 жыл бұрын
dingoswamphead yes that’s the flat 5 Bb over E7! Cheers, Robin
Robin, good job! Can you offer up some sequence lines using the diminished & whole tone scales?
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4 жыл бұрын
JAZZ GITAN I’ll see what I can do! Robin
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It is really the phrasing that makes jazz sound good. Without the rhythmical phrasing, the gesture, the licks it wont sound good whatever you do
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JEBIVJETAR PRCOJEVIC yes so true! Robin
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4 жыл бұрын
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MR homer happy to help! Robin
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