Cis Whole-Half Diminished Scale
The Cis Whole-Half Diminished scale contains 8 notes: Cis, Dis, E, Fis, G, A, B, C.
Cis Whole-Half Diminished scale on the piano
Fontos tények
- Scale type
- Whole-Half Diminished
- Number of notes
- 8
- Képlet
- W–H–W–H–W–H–W–H
What is the Whole-Half Diminished scale?
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.
Cis Whole-Half 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 Cis Whole-Half Diminished
| Fok | Hang | Hangköz | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cis | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | Dis | M2 | 2 |
| 3 | E | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | Fis | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | G | TT | 6 |
| 6 | A | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | B | M6 | 9 |
| 8 | C | M7 | 11 |
Other scales on Cis
Every scale type that starts on Cis, for comparison.
- C♯ major
- Cis Dorian
- Cis Phrygian
- Cis Lydian
- Cis Mixolydian
- Cis Locrian
- Cis Harmonic Minor
- Cis Melodic Minor
- Cis Harmonic Major
- Cis Hungarian Minor
- Cis Phrygian Dominant
- Cis Lydian Dominant
- Cis Major Pentatonic
- Cis Minor Pentatonic
- Cis Blues
- Cis Whole Tone
- Cis Chromatic
- Cis Half-Whole Diminished
- Cis Bebop Dominant
- Cis Bebop Major
Whole-Half Diminished in every key
- C Whole-Half Diminished
- Des Whole-Half Diminished
- D Whole-Half Diminished
- Dis Whole-Half Diminished
- Es Whole-Half Diminished
- E Whole-Half Diminished
- F Whole-Half Diminished
- Fis Whole-Half Diminished
- Ges Whole-Half Diminished
- G Whole-Half Diminished
- Gis Whole-Half Diminished
- As Whole-Half Diminished
- A Whole-Half Diminished
- Ais Whole-Half Diminished
- B Whole-Half Diminished
- H Whole-Half Diminished
Gyakran ismételt kérdések
What notes are in the Cis Whole-Half Diminished scale?
The Cis Whole-Half Diminished scale has 8 notes: Cis, Dis, E, Fis, G, A, B, C.
What is the formula for the Cis Whole-Half Diminished scale?
The Cis 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.
