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Eflat Major 6 Diminished Scale

The document discusses the Eflat major 6th diminished scale, which alternates between inversions of Eflat major 6th and a diminished chord resolving to Eflat major 6th. There are 35 voicings to learn, with 15 being drop 2 voicings where all notes are on adjacent strings, and 10 being drop 3 voicings where 3 notes are on adjacent strings followed by a skipped string.
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Eflat Major 6 Diminished Scale

The document discusses the Eflat major 6th diminished scale, which alternates between inversions of Eflat major 6th and a diminished chord resolving to Eflat major 6th. There are 35 voicings to learn, with 15 being drop 2 voicings where all notes are on adjacent strings, and 10 being drop 3 voicings where 3 notes are on adjacent strings followed by a skipped string.
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Drop 2 Eflat Major 6 diminished

The Eflat major 6th scale


1
Eflat Major 6

bœ nœ œ œ bw
& bœ œ œ bœ

D diminished 7

The Eflat major 6th diminished scale is a scale of chords that alternates between various inversions of
2 Eflat major 6th and inversions of the the diminished chord that resolves to Eflat major 6th

w
œœ b œœ bbœœ n œœ œœ b œœœ bb œœœ nœœœ bbww
& bbœœ nœœ œœ bœœ b œœ
b nœ œ œ w

There are 35 voicings


that you need to learn.
15 of these are drop 2.
Drop 2 chords have all
notes on adjacent strings

3 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6


3fr 5fr 8fr 12fr

1312

˙˙
2314
bb˙˙
2314
˙˙
2314

b˙ ˙˙ b ˙˙
b
4

& b ˙˙˙ b ˙
4 1
2 4

b ˙
1
1
3 3
1 3 3 2 2
2
1

6th in bass Root in bass Third in bass Fifth in bass


(Third Inversion) (Root Position) (1st Inversion) (2nd Inversion)

Dº7
4

˙ b ˙˙ ˙˙
& b˙˙˙ b˙˙
2314

4
bn˙˙˙ ˙˙

1
3
2
2

E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6


5 4fr 8fr 10fr

˙˙ bb ˙˙˙
2314 1111 1423

˙ bb˙˙
3

b ˙˙
b
1

& b ˙˙
b ˙ ˙˙ ˙
4 4 1 2
1 1 4
1 1
3 1
3 2
1

6 Dº7

˙
b ˙˙ n ˙˙ b ˙˙˙ b˙˙˙
1324

& n˙˙ b˙˙ ˙


4
2
3
1

7
E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6
5fr 8fr 10fr

˙˙
bb˙˙˙
2314 2311 1311 2413

& bb˙˙˙ ˙˙ b ˙
3

b ˙˙
b b ˙
1 1

˙
1 1
4

˙
1
1 3 3 4
2
3 1
2
2

8 Dº7
2fr

˙ b ˙˙
2413

& n˙˙˙ b˙˙˙ b˙˙˙ ˙˙


4
2

b˙ n˙
3
1
3

Drop 3 Eflat Major 6 diminished


E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6
9 3fr 5fr 8fr 11fr

1 121

b ˙˙
2 143

b ˙˙
3 141
b3˙˙241
b˙˙˙ b˙ ˙
1

˙
3 1

b b˙
4 4

& ˙ ˙
1


4 2
2 1
1
1 3
3
1 2

10 of the 35
voicings are drop 3.
Drop 3 chords have 3
notes on adjacent strings,
then you skip one string

10 Dº7

b ˙˙ b˙˙˙ ˙˙
˙˙ ˙

2 141

& ˙
b b˙
1

˙ ˙
4


1

11 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6


4fr 8fr 10fr

3 141 4 231
˙
1 111
b2 143
˙˙
b˙˙ bb˙˙
& bb˙˙˙ ˙
3

˙
1


1 1 1 4

b˙ ˙
1

˙
3 1
4
1 2 2
1
4
3

12
Dº7
2fr

˙ b ˙˙ b˙˙˙
& n˙˙˙ b˙˙
2 131

˙ ˙
˙
1

b˙ n˙
3
1

2
4
Drop 2 and 4 Eflat Major 6 diminished

E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6


13 3fr 5fr 8fr 12fr

˙
b˙ ˙˙ bb ˙˙ ˙
13 24 12 34 12 34 12 34
4

b˙ b ˙˙
b
4

˙˙
4 4


3

& ˙˙
3


3
2
2 2 2
3
1 1
1
1

10 of the 35 voicings
are drop 2 and 4.
These have 2 notes on
adjacent strings, then
skip a string for another
pair of notes on adjacent
strings

Dº7
14
˙˙
b ˙˙ 12 34 n ˙˙ b ˙˙
b˙˙ ˙˙ b˙˙
4

& ˙ 3

n˙ 1
2

15 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6


5fr 8fr 10fr

11 12

˙˙
23 14
bb˙˙
13 14
˙˙
13 24


4

& b ˙˙ bb˙˙
4

˙˙
bb˙˙
2 4 2
1 3

˙
1 1
3 3 1
1 1
2
1

16 Dº7
2fr

˙˙ b ˙˙ ˙˙ b ˙˙
12 14

n ˙˙
4

& ˙ b˙˙
b˙ n ˙˙
1
2

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