Eb 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 Eb Diminished (H-W) in the interactive app.
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