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