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