Ab Diminished (H-W) Scale
4-string bass · 8 notes, symmetric · 8 notes · minor family
Notes
A♭
A
B
C
D
E♭
F
G♭
Solfège : La♭ – La – Si – Do – Ré – Mi♭ – Fa – Sol♭
Interval Structure
A♭
½T
A
T
B
½T
C
T
D
½T
E♭
T
F
½T
G♭
→
A♭+oct.
T
About this scale
The half-whole diminished scale (H-W alternation) is the inverted version of the diminished scale. It also works over diminished chords and b9 dominants, with an even tenser character due to the initial half-step.
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