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G Diminished Seventh Arpeggio Pattern

Lesson 5/63 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Jazz Bass
G Diminished Seventh Arpeggio Pattern

G Diminished Seventh Arpeggio Pattern

The diminished seventh arpeggio consists entirely of consecutive minor 3rds piled on top of one another.

For example, the notes of the Go7 chord are G, Bb, Db and Fb.

G - Bb = min 3rd
Bb - Db = min 3rd
Db - Fb = min 3rd
Fb - G = min 3rd
All inversions have the same pattern.

The diminished seventh chord arpeggio actually has four different names. To understand why this is so, examine the formula for a diminished seven chord, which is 1 b3 b5 bb7. By applying this formula to the respective scales of each note in the chord, it may be seen that Go7, Bbo7, Dbo7 and Eo7 all contain the same notes, so the same arpeggio can be used for all four chords.

The previous two chord arpeggios can be called either Go7, Bbo7, Dbo7 or Eo7

The following table illustrates this point by showing that the notes in each chord are the same.



Dbo7, can also be called C#o7, Bbo7 can also be called A#o7.

As each arpeggio represents four different dim7 chords, all the diminished seven chords can be covered in just three frets. This example refers to the 4th string.

At the 1st fret the diminished 7 chord is F, Ab/G#, Cb/B, D.
At the 2nd fret the diminished 7 chord is F#/Gb, A,C Eb/D.#
At the 3rd fret the diminished 7 chord is G, Bb/A#, Db/C#, E.

The diminished 7 chord on the 4th fret is the same as the diminished 7 chord at the 1st fret, and so on.

The easiest way to remember the names of the diminished 7 chord is to simply read off the notes contained in the chord. Conversely if you wish to find a particular diminished chord all you need to do is find that note on the fretboard and form the chord arpeggio around it.

Example 53 uses diminished seventh arpeggio pattern throughout, over two octaves.

Example 54 uses diminished seventh arpeggio patterns + combined.

Augmented Chord

The fourth basic chord type is the augmented chord.

The A augmented chord (A+) for example,is based upon the notes of the A major scale.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Chord Symbols 3- Scales And Key Signatures 4- The Cycle of Fifths 5- Music Theory 6- Notes on the Bass Fretboard 7- Major Pentatonic Scale 8- The Cycle of Fifths 9- Notation 10- Interval Chart 11- Minor Pentatonic Scale 12- Principle Chords and Scale Tone Chords 13- Interval Chart 14- Interval Fretboard Diagrams Of The C Major Scale 15- Turnarounds 16- G Major Scale 17- Music Notation 18- Music Notation 19- Notes 20- Chords and Arpeggios 21- G Diminished Seventh Arpeggio Pattern 22- Tablature 23- Jazz Blues Progression 24- Note and Rest Values 25- A Major Scale 26- C Major Scale 27- Time Signature 28- Major Arpeggio Patterns 29- A Augmented Arpeggio Pattern 30- Major Arpeggio Patterns Using Open Strings 31- F Major Scale 32- F Suspended Arpeggio Pattern and Inversions 33- Chord Inversions 34- A Major Scale 35- G Major Scale 36- A Minor Sixth Arpeggio Pattern and Inversions 37- G Major Sixth Arpeggio Pattern 38- C Major Sixth Arpeggio Pattern 39- F<span class="symbolA">#</span> Major Scale 40- A Major Scale 41- F<span class="symbolA">#</span> Minor Seven Flat Five Arpeggio Pattern and Inversions 42- A Major Seventh Arpeggio Pattern 43- Turnarounds 44- Chord Extensions 45- D Major Seventh Arpeggio Pattern 46- Chord Extension Arpeggio Patterns 47- Major Seventh Four Bar Chord Progressions 48- Major Seventh Arpeggio Pattern Using Open Strings 49- Chord Extensions Arpeggio Patterns 50- Bass Pedal and Additional Chord Variations 51- Major Seventh Inversions 52- B<span class="symbolA">b</span> Major Scale (<span class="symbolA">b</span>7) 53- B<span class="symbolA">b</span> Seventh Arpeggio Pattern 54- E<span class="symbolA">b</span> Seventh Arpeggio Pattern 55- Dominant Seventh Four Bar Chord Progressions 56- Dominant Seventh Arpeggio Pattern Using Open Strings 57- Dominant Seventh Inversions 58- C Major Scale 59- C Minor Arpeggio Pattern 60- B Major Scale 61- B Minor Seventh Arpeggio Pattern 62- Minor Seventh Inversions 63- Summary of The Intervals and Arpeggio Patterns

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