Jazz Guitar Lick of the Week # 06 More of Django's Diminished runs over Dominant Chords

[BlikeNave]

Good stuff. The b9 of the diminished substitution chord in terms of the overall key is a #5. I have been playing around with the bebop major scale which adds this #5 to the major scale SPECIFICALLY for the reason of substituting my V chord with a #V dim7 (F7 and Gb dim). And it IS great because, like you said, you can "base the diminished on any of the following chord tones"" b9, 3, 5, b7 ", or in terms of the key- play a dim7 on the 7, 2, 4, or #5 degrees (to sub for you V chord). SICKKKK.