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