B Diminished (H-W) Scale
4-string bass · 8 notes, symmetric · 8 notes · minor family
Notes
B
B♯
C♯♯
D♯
E♯
F♯
G♯
A
Solfège : Si – Si♯ – Do♯♯ – Ré♯ – Mi♯ – Fa♯ – Sol♯ – La
Interval Structure
B
½T
B♯
T
C♯♯
½T
D♯
T
E♯
½T
F♯
T
G♯
½T
A
→
B+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.
See fretboard positions, piano and arpeggios for B Diminished (H-W) in the interactive app.
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