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