The DIMINISHED SCALE in depth, UNLOCK the secrets of jazz 

How is this gentleman not 100x more famous?

"Legal harmony but not recommended" Tony says. This guy is a great music teacher. It is really cool how he has two camera angles. Seeing his facial expressions is helpful. His use of the overhead view with seeing his full hands is the best I've seen. I'm 74 and of all the guys & gals out there teaching Jazz, Tony can teach me more than all of them combined.

This guy is pure class and pure knowledge. He recorded this video three times. I plan to watch it three hundred times.

Thank you for the detailed video- exactly what I needed.

Dear Tony, I'm a self-taught amateur pianist and I'm trying to learn the basic principle of jazz from great teacher here on RU-vid. You are one of these few and I cannot thank you enough for your lessons. God bless you and greetings from Italy!

Tony, you just unlocked the diminished scale/dominant 7 chord mystery that I have been trying to understand for a couple of years. Adding the PDF practice concepts really helps so much. Thank you for your generosity and giving in the music world.

Great ideas Tony - just what I have been looking for, thanks - for my saxomophone too.

Thank you, Tony! Your explanations help so much to simplify and demystify jazz theory.

Great teaching. I learned so much. Thank you for sharing Tony!

Thank you for sharing this incredible wealth of musical knowledge. You've managed to demystify for me something that I had a rough idea about but still wasn't able to fully understand until now.

Thank you Tony, an excellent lesson for reviewing and reinforcing the diminished scales for jazz!

Dear Tony, I've seen other videos of yours about the diminished scale, but I keep watching your videos because you always bring something new. I particularly liked the effect you showed in the middle of the video using the triads walking in thirds. It sounds like a drop 2 technique from the Barry Harris school, but for the diminished scale.. I loved it because it sounds nice when applied in improv or even in comping phrases. Thank you for another great material!

Thank you for this video. A great and very clear lesson. Very nice playing too.

Way way cool ma man. Very very helpful and exactly what I needed to know right now. Love your casual and friendly approach too. Thank you so much.

This is one great diminished deep dive. What makes it great is its concise, effective delivery. Tony even provided notated visual's. Excellent job !!

Hey Tony Thank you , Love how you communicate complicated ideas . Really appreciate it

Apreciate your explanations and thank you for the time taken to share with us, thank you

This is a masterclass. Very awesome, I always learn something from your videos.

Again, thank you for the awesome video Tony!

Excellent piano lesson. Well explained and easy to understand. Thank you for posting this...your lesson here demystifies a lot of jazz piano solos.

Wonderful and useful post! Thanks for sharing your insights. I have the Jerry Coker Improvising Jazz Book and took me back to college days...

Your insight connects remarkably with my own journey in finding a pathway through jazz improvisation and the diminished scales. Have a Listen to the great Brian Lemon...one of the greatest ever English pianists, sadly now passed. His concepts and in particular voicings are a constant inspiration to me. You are the first jazz teacher I have come across on the internet whose vision and teachings are truly inspiring and in sync with my own quest to learn. Many thanks for sharing.

Thank you, Tony!! this is really appreciated!! you're a genius!! thanks for sharing your knowledge with everyone!

I love the course! Taganrog you so much Tony ! So Great teacher!

Great, Tony, very instructive and explained very well. Many congratulations!

Bless u . U brought me back to my diminished wonderland, u and Barry

Dear Tony, this is by far the most helpful description of the diminished scale I've seen. Thank you for opening up the plethora of possibilities out there, hats off to you sir

What a great resource. Thank you!

Great job master... You brought lots of light about this topic

One of the, if not THE best breakdown of the diminished scale I've seen! Thankyou!!

Very enjoyable Jazz theory lesson, Thank you for your great work in teaching and making your videos

ur lesso is so good thank you Tony!

Absolutely absorbing. Thank you. Everyone wants to sit with and have a deskside tutorial like this with a master..i know i did! I will revisited & enjoy this section regularly. (subbed)

Thank you for your generosity in posting this lesson and demonstrating the various patterns. You present this information in a way that works for my brain. I am transferring these concepts to mandolin with so much gratitude!

Over the last few years the majority RU-vid videos I have seen dealt with the pentatonic scale. My formative years (70’s-80’s) we absorbed completely the diminished scales. This is refreshing to see. Thank you.

thank you so much for sharing all this good stuff

Well you've lifted my spirits, so definitely a thumbs up. What an interesting video. Brilliant!

Thank you so much for this lesson, it’s most certainly all I wanted to know about these licks I never quite got. Absolutely brilliant and perfectly explained. I wish I had seen and understood the tricks of diminished scales before. Much appreciated from Normandy, France.

Man you are a great teacher. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.

Sir. THAT was an enjoyable lesson. Ready to understand. The notes written out was very helpful do I could understand where and how to put the scale.

This is just amazing, thank you so much!

I thumbs up for you Sir ! You Instruct clear and Precise.Thanks Sir !

Thanks very much Tony. This is the great sound of Bheki Mseleku on his album Celebration amongst many others.

All the pieces to the diminished puzzle in one lesson - - - WOW! Thanks Tony - - Gregg

Great video! Thank you so much Tony 🙏🏾

This is an absolute eye opener. Just the right level of complexity for me, precisely what I've been looking for these past few months.. along Barry Harris. Thank you!

You’re activating all the learning senses: I’m seeing the text that outlines your spoken words while I’m watching the keys, hearing it all, thinking about it all. The way you explain, show, and exemplify is just incredible. I thought I was going to sleep tonight, but screw that! Time to practice

Awe man. I've been looking for something just like this ! Thank you TW. You always have useful stuff.

I have enjoyed so much! Thank you! Your way of teaching is very similar to mine, so I even enjoyed more!

Not only comprehensive, informative, and talented ... Tony is clearly a kind soul, an encouraging teacher and fun to listen to and learn from. He’s the Bob Ross of video jazz instruction!

Very useful and explored in depth. Thank you very much.🎹😃

What a superb video. I’m a saxophonist and this is fantastic. Underlines and augments my existing thoughts on the diminished scale.

Great piece of knowledge, thank you for your fantastic video! And the going up in diminished (at the 15th minute) is indeed pretty damn slick!

great Tony, thank You so much

I watch a lot of jazz and gospel piano tutoring videos. I really like your style and your sincerity.

Thank you for the sheets and for your great tutorials

Merci Tony, pour ces pistes de travail .

thanks for the licks , one of my latest over Dim chords favorites (starting on chord tones) is 1 b3 #5 #4

Wonderful thank you very much for your analyse, very useful

I love the way jazz make bubbles in my brains, sweet combo between harmony maths and delicious chord notes✨ thank you Sir 🙏✨

Many many years ago I learnt to play jazz with Jerry Cokers book Improvising Jazz. It's good that you mentioned it, brought back wonderful memories. Thankyou.

Tony thank tou for your videos. You sound real and honest. Beautiful pianist . Nice touch Sorry for my english. Im an Argentina Pianist in Madrid.

Dear Tony, you are the most well-rounded pianist, a great singer and the best teacher. I cannot thank you enough. God Bless!

merci Monsieur pour ces belles leçons de musique

Wow.... I just found GOLD. I'm gonna learn so much from this channel. And sir I just feel like I'm sitting with you in a private class. Amazing.

Excellent explanation. Congratulations. Thanks.

What a GREAT lesson (for bass players like me too). Thanks a lot!

Me encantan tus clases! Muchas gracias.

Fantastic video! The way I used to think about diminished scales back when I had a hard time "getting it", was to think of a diminished 7th chord, and then add a leading tone to each chord tone. Boom, diminished scale! Thanks as always Tony! Cheers from San Francisco :)

Just discovered your channel. Incredible content and no filler. I wish all youtube channels were this informative.

You're a great teacher, thank you for your content 😊😊

Always to the point!Thank you so much!!!

Great video! Worthy of careful study.

He disfrutado tu clase Muchas gracias maestro Eres grande

Great lesson Tony! Thank you

Thank you tony this was very helpful I pray that you keep making content for those of us who cannot afford music school.

The most useful diminished scale video that I have ever seen on RU-vid, Great work Tony thank you brother.

brilliant, informative, light hearted, funny, devoid of ego or self importance...the best explanation and advice on practical usage I've ever seen . Molto Bravissimo Signor Wilson or as we say in Australia, ''It's a bloody ripper mate ! The bees knees ! '' thanks ..I am finally inspired at age 71.5 years to get into that and implement some realistic and generically accurate ideas as per Tony's advice in this fantastic clip. commend this to any aspiring jazz or even blues-rock pianist .

Subscribed! You are my new teaching mentor! Thank you so much- this is great!

Thank you! You'e an amazing teacher, Mr Winston!

Thanks, Tony! Excellent Deep Dive!

Great you tube videos with lots of gems for me as a late jazz starter ( Cyril - The Voice Clinic)

Beautiful! Thanks!

Thank you sir for this excellent tutorial!

Oh man, this dude is the real deal. Makes me miss being able to afford one on one lessons, amazing how personal and relaxed the vibe of the video is. Supreme old school humanity, appreciate you Tony!

Thanks man, this is helpful to the extreme. Another new sub.

This is an awesome lesson, I come back to regularly. Learning the 3 diminished scales and running through that sheet of examples regularly has transformed everything for me. My improv is consistently getting better and better. Indeed the maestro is a brilliant teacher!

My god this is the best music theory vídeo on RU-vid. I really appreciate this hope you do more of this u r a great teacher THANK U

Fantastic!!! Thank master for great explane!!!

Another superb explanation with working knowledge! Thanks. Ive learn a mass of stuff from these videos - and I dont even play piano (Im a guitar player)

This is really great. Thanks for sharing!!

Great lesson, thank you

Sei un grande! La tua generosità dimostra quanto sia grande la tua conoscenza 🫂❤️

thank you so much Sir, for all the lessons 🥰

Very nice. I’m a guitar player and this is the most useful explanation of the diminished scale I’ve ever encountered. Thanks so much!

Dear Toni, as a teacher of music I’m glad to find you’re lessons… you’re a real master!! Thank you for you’re love of music!!

I think I've learned a lot, thank you very much!

Very good lesson exactly what iam looking for...

Good lesson Tony thank you!

Wow, this was excellent! I'm a music theory hound, and I have to say this is probably my favorite diminished scale video that I've seen. Every time I hear the dominant chords ascending in minor 3rds, I think of the Gershwin prelude #1. It always does that right before it modulates to a new key, and I LOVE it! Tony, at one point in this vid, you said that you didn't "learn this stuff until after the age of 30." What were you playing prior to that, and could you do a video about your growth as a musician? What sparked your interest in jazz harmony and improv?