The whole-half diminished scale alternates whole steps and half steps across eight notes. It matches a fully diminished seventh chord, so it is the scale of choice over diminished harmony and over passing diminished chords.
The whole-half diminished scale alternates whole steps and half steps across eight notes. It matches a fully diminished seventh chord, so it is the scale of choice over diminished harmony and over passing diminished chords.
The Whole-Half Diminished scale follows the step pattern W–H–W–H–W–H–W–H, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.