変ホ Half-Whole Diminished Scale
The 変ホ Half-Whole Diminished scale contains 8 notes: 変ホ, ホ, 変ト, ト, イ, 変ロ, ハ, 変ニ.
変ホ Half-Whole Diminished scale on the piano
重要ポイント
- Scale type
- Half-Whole Diminished
- Number of notes
- 8
- 構成式
- 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.
変ホ 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 変ホ Half-Whole Diminished
| 音度 | 音 | 音程 | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 変ホ | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | ホ | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | 変ト | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | ト | M3 | 4 |
| 5 | イ | TT | 6 |
| 6 | 変ロ | P5 | 7 |
| 7 | ハ | M6 | 9 |
| 8 | 変ニ | m7 | 10 |
Other scales on 変ホ
Every scale type that starts on 変ホ, for comparison.
Half-Whole Diminished in every key
- ハ Half-Whole Diminished
- 嬰ハ Half-Whole Diminished
- 変ニ Half-Whole Diminished
- ニ Half-Whole Diminished
- 嬰ニ Half-Whole Diminished
- ホ Half-Whole Diminished
- ヘ Half-Whole Diminished
- 嬰ヘ Half-Whole Diminished
- 変ト Half-Whole Diminished
- ト Half-Whole Diminished
- 嬰ト Half-Whole Diminished
- 変イ Half-Whole Diminished
- イ Half-Whole Diminished
- 嬰イ Half-Whole Diminished
- 変ロ Half-Whole Diminished
- ロ Half-Whole Diminished
よくある質問
What notes are in the 変ホ Half-Whole Diminished scale?
The 変ホ Half-Whole Diminished scale has 8 notes: 変ホ, ホ, 変ト, ト, イ, 変ロ, ハ, 変ニ.
What is the formula for the 変ホ Half-Whole Diminished scale?
The 変ホ 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.
