Bass Guitar Lessons for Beginners, Diminished Scale Using Whole Half and Half Whole Scales

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The diminished scale is one of the most used symmetrical scale in jazz music. It is an eight-note scale (octatonic) built by alternating whole and half steps.

There are two modes depending on whether we start to play with the whole tone, in that case we will call it " fully diminished scale " (also called Whole-half diminished), or with the half-tone, called " dominant diminished scale " (or Half-whole diminished).

Scale Info
C Whole-Half
notes
C, D, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, A, B
degrees
1, 2, ♭3, 4, ♯4, ♯5, 6, 7
steps
W, H, W, H, W, H, W, H
semitones
2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1
alternative name
W-H, Diminished, Dim Whole

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