Jason Lyon Music

Tag: diminished chords

  • The Value of “Huh?”

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    I was recently asked about how to play the second chord in Jobim’s Wave. I don’t think my correspondent would mind me saying that he’d got himself rather tangled up in analysis and choices of diminished chords. Here’s where the most helpful thing I’ve ever encountered comes in – it’s called the “huh?” chord. You…

  • Diminished Responsibility

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    Jazz musicians don’t use the harmonic minor scale, right? Wrong. Of course, everyone would admit there are occasions where the harmonic minor is specifically called for, to evoke a sort of “Eastern promise” sound (a lot of people use it on Nardis and Caravan, for instance). But actually this scale is commonly used in all…