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John Goldsby's Jazz Concepts: Mastering The Half–Whole Diminished Scale

• Matt Lawton shows you a Herbie Hancock half–whole diminished lick—on the bass!
• Train your ears! Hear, sing, and play the diminished scale.
• Serious about learning the bass? Check out diminished-scale examples from Joe DiBartolo’s classic method book, Serious Electric Bass: The Bass Player’s Complete Guide to Scales and Chords [1997, Alfred Music].