Scale · Advanced scales

D 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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D diminished (W-H) scale on the Guitar neck65 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.EFGG#A#BC#DEFGA#BC#DEFGG#A#BDEFGG#A#BC#DEFGG#A#BC#DEFGG#A#BC#DEFGG#A#BC#DEFGG#A#BC#DEFG123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. D1
  2. E2
  3. Fb3
  4. G4
  5. G#b5
  6. A#b6
  7. B6
  8. C#7

Also written as D · E · F · G · Ab · Bb · B · Db.

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 D diminished (W-H). The roman numeral is the degree: uppercase is major, lowercase is minor, ° is diminished.

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