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G Half-Whole Diminished Scale notes: G Ab Bb Cb Db Ebb Fb Gbb (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.

G 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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GHalf-Whole Diminished Scale
Notes

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

Degrees

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

Intervals

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

Playback settings

90 BPM

G Half-Whole Diminished Scale

The half-whole diminished scale, also known as the dominant diminished scale, is an 8-note symmetrical scale that alternates between half steps and whole steps, starting with a half step, and is commonly used in jazz improvisation over dominant chords.

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