C Diminished (H-W) Guitar Scale
6-string guitar · 8 notes, symmetric · 8 notes · minor family
Notes
C
C♯
D♯
E
F♯
G
A
B♭
Solfège : Do – Do♯ – Ré♯ – Mi – Fa♯ – Sol – La – Si♭
Interval Structure
C
½T
C♯
T
D♯
½T
E
T
F♯
½T
G
T
A
½T
B♭
→
C+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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