Db 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.
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