Db Diminished (W-H) Guitar Scale
6-string guitar · 8 notes, symmetric · 8 notes · minor family
Notes
D♭
E♭
F♭
G♭
A♭♭
B♭♭
B♭
C
Solfège : Ré♭ – Mi♭ – Fa♭ – Sol♭ – La♭♭ – Si♭♭ – Si♭ – Do
Interval Structure
D♭
T
E♭
½T
F♭
T
G♭
½T
A♭♭
T
B♭♭
½T
B♭
T
C
→
D♭+oct.
½T
About this scale
The whole-half diminished scale is an 8-note symmetric scale widely used in jazz and metal guitar. Its periodicity of 3 semitones means its positions repeat every 3 frets. Jazz guitarists use it over dim7 and b9 dominant chords, while metal guitarists exploit its symmetry for fast, very characteristic runs.
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