C♯ Half-Whole Diminished Scale
The C♯ Half-Whole Diminished scale contains 8 notes: C♯, D, E, F, G, A♭, B♭, B.
C♯ Half-Whole Diminished scale on the piano
मुख्य तथ्य
- Scale type
- Half-Whole Diminished
- Number of notes
- 8
- फॉर्मूला
- 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.
C♯ 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 C♯ Half-Whole Diminished
| डिग्री | नोट | इंटरवल | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C♯ | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | D | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | E | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | F | M3 | 4 |
| 5 | G | TT | 6 |
| 6 | A♭ | P5 | 7 |
| 7 | B♭ | M6 | 9 |
| 8 | B | m7 | 10 |
Other scales on C♯
Every scale type that starts on C♯, for comparison.
Half-Whole Diminished in every key
- C Half-Whole Diminished
- D♭ Half-Whole Diminished
- D Half-Whole Diminished
- D♯ Half-Whole Diminished
- E♭ Half-Whole Diminished
- E Half-Whole Diminished
- F Half-Whole Diminished
- F♯ Half-Whole Diminished
- G♭ Half-Whole Diminished
- G Half-Whole Diminished
- G♯ Half-Whole Diminished
- A♭ Half-Whole Diminished
- A Half-Whole Diminished
- A♯ Half-Whole Diminished
- B♭ Half-Whole Diminished
- B Half-Whole Diminished
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What notes are in the C♯ Half-Whole Diminished scale?
The C♯ Half-Whole Diminished scale has 8 notes: C♯, D, E, F, G, A♭, B♭, B.
What is the formula for the C♯ Half-Whole Diminished scale?
The C♯ 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.
