About the A flat Blues Diminished scale
A flat Blues Diminished is a six-note blues scale with a diminished twist. It's used for blues and jazz-blues solos.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
6-position system
6 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | A flat | Root |
| 2 | C flat | Minor 3rd |
| 3 | C | Major 3rd |
| 4 | D | Diminished 5th |
| 5 | E flat | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | G flat | Minor 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Blues Diminished in other keys
C Blues Diminished D flat Blues Diminished D Blues Diminished E flat Blues Diminished E Blues Diminished F Blues Diminished G flat Blues Diminished G Blues Diminished A Blues Diminished B flat Blues Diminished B Blues Diminished
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
