G# 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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