Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
When you see a dominant chord, you’ve got a lot of options. Mixolydian, Diminished, Phrygian Dominant, Lydian Dominant, Altered… (a whole bunch of funky sounding names)
But which one is RIGHT?!
In this lesson, Adam Maness breaks down the “Chord-Scale Theory” behind Dominant Chords to help you choose the right color for the moment – and when you can set those silly rules aside. Along the way, you’ll learn voicings, scale choices, and hear tune examples that put it all into context.
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▼ DOWNLOAD THE FREE GUIDE ▼
🎹 Get Adam’s Dominant Chord Cheat Sheet: osjazz.link/dominants
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You’ll learn:
✅ How to choose the right dominant sound for the moment
✅ Why some dominant colors work better in major keys, and some in minor keys
✅ Voicings, phrase, and tune examples for every dominant sound
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:00 Which Dominants Should I Use?
3:02 Mixolydian
9:30 Diminished
17:58 Phrygian Dominant
24:54 Lydian Dominant
36:17 Altered Scale
📺 Watch next… youtu.be/fEdCVnOrCBQ
Open Studio Jazz offers online jazz piano courses for players at every level, from complete beginners to advancing musicians ready to develop their own voice. Join thousands of students worldwide living a musical life.
#jazzpiano #guidedpractice #jazztheory #jazzharmony #improvisation
When you see a dominant chord, you’ve got a lot of options. Mixolydian, Diminished, Phrygian Dominant, Lydian Dominant, Altered… (a whole bunch of funky sounding names)
But which one is RIGHT?!
In this lesson, Adam Maness breaks down the “Chord-Scale Theory” behind Dominant Chords to help you choose the right color for the moment – and when you can set those silly rules aside. Along the way, you’ll learn voicings, scale choices, and hear tune examples that put it all into context.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
▼ DOWNLOAD THE FREE GUIDE ▼
🎹 Get Adam’s Dominant Chord Cheat Sheet: osjazz.link/dominants
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
You’ll learn:
✅ How to choose the right dominant sound for the moment
✅ Why some dominant colors work better in major keys, and some in minor keys
✅ Voicings, phrase, and tune examples for every dominant sound
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:00 Which Dominants Should I Use?
3:02 Mixolydian
9:30 Diminished
17:58 Phrygian Dominant
24:54 Lydian Dominant
36:17 Altered Scale
📺 Watch next… youtu.be/fEdCVnOrCBQ
Open Studio Jazz offers online jazz piano courses for players at every level, from complete beginners to advancing musicians ready to develop their own voice. Join thousands of students worldwide living a musical life.
#jazzpiano #guidedpractice #jazztheory #jazzharmony #improvisation
