Scale · Advanced scales

C# diminished (W-H)

Whole step and half step alternating, eight notes. Symmetrical, so the same shape repeats every three frets.

Notes going up, in the Guitar sound.

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C# diminished (W-H) scale on the Guitar neck64 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.EF#GAA#CC#D#EF#GAA#CC#D#EF#GAA#CD#EF#GAA#CC#D#EGAA#CC#D#EF#GAA#CC#D#EF#GAA#CC#EF#GAA#CC#D#EF#G123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. C#1
  2. D#2
  3. Eb3
  4. F#4
  5. Gb5
  6. Ab6
  7. A#6
  8. C7

Also written as Db · Eb · E · Gb · G · A · Bb · C.

Formula

W · H · W · H · W · H · W · H

W = whole step · H = half step

Degrees

1 · 2 · b3 · 4 · b5 · b6 · 6 · 7

Chords in the scale

Triads that fit entirely inside C# diminished (W-H). The roman numeral is the degree: uppercase is major, lowercase is minor, ° is diminished.

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