If you've ever wanted to turn heads during your blues solos, the diminished sound is a great way to accomplish that. Just to avoid any confusion for those who care, the Diminished "scale" as I refer to it in this particular video is technically a seventh arpeggio, but I find these intervals are the easiest to incorporate into blues, rather than the half or full symmetrical diminished scales.
Play several different One-Octave Triad and Four-Part Arpeggios from Root position at 60bpm, eighth notes.
Move through chord changes and anticipate harmonic ideas with this visual backing track.
Follow the chords to outline them using arpeggios derived from the diatonic chords of Melodic Minor.
Use the video to anticipate upcoming chords in the progression and utilize your knowledge of the Harmonic Minor Scale to target chord tones among the harmony.
Learn the reasoning for arpeggios in your guitar playing–what they can offer and what they really are.
These tactics will help you get a feel for where to implement diminished sounds in your playing in a bluesy context.
Arpeggios are every guitar player's favorite flashy tool. Here's how you can get started with implementing them into your playing.