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