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