Guitar UpscaleDiminished (Whole Half) scale on guitar
The whole half diminished scale has eight notes in alternating whole and half steps, made for diminished 7th chords.
| Notes in A | A B C D Eb E# F# G# |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 2 b3 4 b5 #5 6 7 |
| Steps | W H W H W H W H (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 8 |
| Style in the app | Special, scale "Diminished" |
Play the A Diminished scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Diminished (Whole Half) scale
It steps whole, half, whole, half to the octave, so it has eight notes. The pattern repeats every three frets.
It holds two diminished 7th chords. Over a dim7 chord every note fits.
Learn one shape and move it up three frets: the notes stay the same.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| 2 | Major 2nd | 2 | B |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| b5 | Tritone | 6 | Eb |
| #5 | Minor 6th | 8 | E# |
| 6 | Major 6th | 9 | F# |
| 7 | Major 7th | 11 | G# |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Diminished scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree 2 (B): B Diminished scale
- From degree 4 (D): D Diminished scale
- From degree #5 (E#): F Diminished scale
- From degree 7 (G#): G# Diminished scale
Diminished scale in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C D Eb F Gb G# A B | Open |
| C# | C# D# E F# G A A# B# | Open |
| D | D E F G Ab A# B C# | Open |
| Eb | Eb F Gb Ab A B C D | Open |
| E | E F# G A Bb B# C# D# | Open |
| F | F G Ab Bb Cb C# D E | Open |
| F# | F# G# A B C D D# E# | Open |
| G | G A Bb C Db D# E F# | Open |
| G# | G# A# B C# D E E# G | Open |
| A | A B C D Eb E# F# G# | Open |
| Bb | Bb C Db Eb Fb F# G A | Open |
| B | B C# D E F G G# A# | Open |
More Special scales
- Chromatic Scale
- Whole Tone Scale
- Leading Whole Tone
- Diminished (Half Whole)
- Diminished Whole Tone
- Octatonic Scale
- Augmented Scale
- Enigmatic Scale
- Nine Tone Scale
- Overtone (Lydian Dominant)
- Six Tone Symmetrical
- Altered Scale (Super Locrian)
- Lydian Diminished
- Lydian #2
- Locrian #2 (Half Diminished)
- Locrian Natural 6
- Ultralocrian
- Ionian #5
- Ten Tone Dominant
- Ten Tone Harmonic
- Ten Tone Minor