Diatonic Chord Extensions

Diatonic Chord Extensions

Upper structure diatonic chord extensions add colour to your voicings by using unaltered scale tones. Here are a few examples of diatonic extensions in context. 


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Diatonic extensions
Diatonic Chords

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