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Bb Half-Whole Diminished Scale notes: Bb Cb Db Ebb Fb Gbb Abb Ab (R b2 #2 3 #4 5 6 b7). See all 5 positions on an interactive guitar fretboard and hear each one played. Free, with 20,000+ shapes.

Bb Half-Whole Diminished
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Tunings

Current tuning: Standard

Note: Scale, chord and arpeggio positions are worked out for every tuning, so some may stretch wider or be fewer than in Standard. Learning and Song shapes are written for Standard, so those pages always show Standard tuning.

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BbHalf-Whole Diminished Scale
Notes

Bb, Cb, Db, Ebb, Fb, Gbb, Abb, Ab

Degrees

R, b2, #2, 3, #4, 5, 6, b7

Intervals

R, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1

Playback settings

90 BPM

Bb Half-Whole Diminished Scale

The Half-Whole Diminished Scale, or dominant diminished, alternates half and whole steps, starting with the half step. Its eight notes hold a dominant 7th chord plus the b9, #9 and #11, which makes it a favourite jazz sound over 7b9 chords. Like the Whole-Half Diminished Scale, its shape repeats every three frets.

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