Des Half-Whole Diminished Scale
The Des Half-Whole Diminished scale contains 8 notes: Des, D, E, F, G, As, B, H.
Des Half-Whole Diminished scale on the piano
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- Scale type
- Half-Whole Diminished
- Number of notes
- 8
- Formel
- H–W–H–W–H–W–H–W
What is the Half-Whole Diminished scale?
The half-whole diminished scale alternates half steps and whole steps across eight notes. It supplies the flat ninth, sharp ninth, sharp eleventh and thirteenth over a dominant chord, which makes it the standard altered dominant sound in jazz.
Des Half-Whole Diminished is a scale, not a key. It has no key signature of its own — music that uses it is normally written in the key signature of its parent scale, with any extra accidentals added as they occur.
Scale degrees of Des Half-Whole Diminished
| Trin | Node | Interval | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | D | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | E | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | F | M3 | 4 |
| 5 | G | TT | 6 |
| 6 | As | P5 | 7 |
| 7 | B | M6 | 9 |
| 8 | H | m7 | 10 |
Other scales on Des
Every scale type that starts on Des, for comparison.
- D♭ major
- Des Dorian
- Des Phrygian
- Des Lydian
- Des Mixolydian
- Des Locrian
- Des Harmonic Minor
- Des Melodic Minor
- Des Harmonic Major
- Des Hungarian Minor
- Des Phrygian Dominant
- Des Lydian Dominant
- Des Major Pentatonic
- Des Minor Pentatonic
- Des Blues
- Des Whole Tone
- Des Chromatic
- Des Whole-Half Diminished
- Des Bebop Dominant
- Des Bebop Major
Half-Whole Diminished in every key
- C Half-Whole Diminished
- Cis Half-Whole Diminished
- D Half-Whole Diminished
- Dis Half-Whole Diminished
- Es Half-Whole Diminished
- E Half-Whole Diminished
- F Half-Whole Diminished
- Fis Half-Whole Diminished
- Ges Half-Whole Diminished
- G Half-Whole Diminished
- Gis Half-Whole Diminished
- As Half-Whole Diminished
- A Half-Whole Diminished
- Ais Half-Whole Diminished
- B Half-Whole Diminished
- H Half-Whole Diminished
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What notes are in the Des Half-Whole Diminished scale?
The Des Half-Whole Diminished scale has 8 notes: Des, D, E, F, G, As, B, H.
What is the formula for the Des Half-Whole Diminished scale?
The Des Half-Whole Diminished scale follows the step pattern H–W–H–W–H–W–H–W, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
