A Diminished half-wholeScale
Formula
A Diminished half-whole on the chromatic circle
A Diminished half-whole is the 2nd mode of the Diminished family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
A Diminished half-whole across the fretboard
Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.
Where A Diminished half-whole fits
Over dominant 7♭9 chords in jazz and blues: ♭9, ♯9, ♯11 and 13 in one scale.
Diminished half-whole scale in every key
A Diminished half-whole scale questions
What notes are in the A Diminished half-whole scale?
A B♭ B♯ C♯ D♯ E F♯ G. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7.
What is the A Diminished half-whole scale formula?
1 ♭2 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, H W H W H W H W (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the A Diminished half-whole scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of A Diminished half-whole up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape.
When is the A Diminished half-whole scale used?
Over dominant 7♭9 chords in jazz and blues: ♭9, ♯9, ♯11 and 13 in one scale.