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