The 嬰イ Whole-Half Diminished scale contains 8 notes: 嬰イ, ハ, 変ニ, 変ホ, ホ, 嬰ヘ, ト, イ.
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.
嬰イ 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.
| 音度 | 音 | 音程 | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 嬰イ | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | ハ | M2 | 2 |
| 3 | 変ニ | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | 変ホ | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | ホ | TT | 6 |
| 6 | 嬰ヘ | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | ト | M6 | 9 |
| 8 | イ | M7 | 11 |
Every scale type that starts on 嬰イ, for comparison.
The 嬰イ Whole-Half Diminished scale has 8 notes: 嬰イ, ハ, 変ニ, 変ホ, ホ, 嬰ヘ, ト, イ.
The 嬰イ 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.