Published:
2014-03-25
Updated:
2016-12-24
Learning Ukulele with Curt
Improvising Using Diminished Triads Plus One Note
Using Diminished Triad Arpeggios - Plus One for Creating Melodic Solos. With chord tones, the notes of a chord playing a predominant role in writing melodies and in improvised melodies. The triad plus one additional note is a great melodic device for creating melodies - either written or improvised.
Author(s): Curt Sheller Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications Code: UL107triDim
Main Category: Improvisation Main Instrument: Ukulele
Categories: Chords, Improvisation, Scales, Melody, Triads, Major, Minor, Diminished, Chromatic
2026-08-23
Number of Pages: 4
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Using Diminished Triad Arpeggios - Plus One for Creating Melodic Solos.
With chord tones, the notes of a chord playing a predominant role in writing melodies and in improvised melodies. The triad plus one additional note is a great melodic device for creating melodies - either written or improvised.
A triad contains three notes.
For a diminished triad these notes are the first, flat third and flat fifth (1 b3 b5) of it's corresponding major scale with the same root.
For C diminished the notes are C Eb Gb. Our added note can be any diatonic ( part of a C diminished scale ) or chromatic note ( not part of a C diminished scale ). One of the first notes to add that sounds great with a diminished triad is a fourth of the scale. In the case of C minor that's F for C Eb F Gb. This gives a Bluesy sound.
Every Finger, Every String — Explore these starting on any finger any string.
Using the fingering principles from my book The Six Secrets of Ukulele Fingering allows you to explore scales, arpeggios, intervals and sequences starting on every finger-every string, creating multiple pathways through any single note passage.
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- Every Finger, Every String | The benefits of being able to play melodies, lick, riffs starting on any finger on any string.
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