Ab Diminished (H-W) Guitar Scale
6-string guitar · 8 notes, symmetric · 8 notes · minor family
Notes
A♭
A
B
C
D
E♭
F
G♭
Solfège : La♭ – La – Si – Do – Ré – Mi♭ – Fa – Sol♭
Interval Structure
A♭
½T
A
T
B
½T
C
T
D
½T
E♭
T
F
½T
G♭
→
A♭+oct.
T
About this scale
The half-whole diminished scale is widely used in jazz and bebop on b9 dominant chords. Its initial half-step gives it an even tenser character. Jazz guitarists like John Scofield and Pat Martino exploit it on V7b9 for very expressive phrases.
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