Diminished Half-Whole scale
Diminished Half-Whole is the same eight-note collection as the diminished scale started one degree later, so a half step leads and a whole step follows.
- Used for
- Jazz improvisation over dominant seventh chords.
- Formula
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Steps H W H W H W H W Semitones 1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2 Degrees 1 ♭2 ♭3 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 - Also called
- Symmetric Diminished, Dominant Diminished, and Half-Whole Diminished.
Diminished Half-Whole in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Diminished Half-Whole scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Diminished Half-Whole scale piano guitar
- D D Diminished Half-Whole scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Diminished Half-Whole scale piano guitar
- E E Diminished Half-Whole scale piano guitar
- F F Diminished Half-Whole scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Diminished Half-Whole scale piano guitar
- G G Diminished Half-Whole scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Diminished Half-Whole scale piano guitar
- A A Diminished Half-Whole scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Diminished Half-Whole scale piano guitar
- B B Diminished Half-Whole scale piano guitar
