7b5 Diminished scale
Messiaen catalogued this collection as the sixth of his modes of limited transposition, built from a repeating pattern of two whole steps followed by two half steps.
- Used for
- Jazz solos over dominant chords with a flat fifth.
- Formula
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Steps W W H H W W H H Semitones 2-2-1-1-2-2-1-1 Degrees 1 2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 7 - Also called
- Messiaen Mode 6.
7b5 Diminished in all 12 keys
Root spelling
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- C C 7b5 Diminished scale piano guitar
- D flat Db 7b5 Diminished scale piano guitar
- D D 7b5 Diminished scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb 7b5 Diminished scale piano guitar
- E E 7b5 Diminished scale piano guitar
- F F 7b5 Diminished scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb 7b5 Diminished scale piano guitar
- G G 7b5 Diminished scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab 7b5 Diminished scale piano guitar
- A A 7b5 Diminished scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb 7b5 Diminished scale piano guitar
- B B 7b5 Diminished scale piano guitar
