Cis Half-Whole Diminished Scale
The Cis Half-Whole Diminished scale contains 8 notes: Cis, D, E, F, G, As, B, H.
Cis Half-Whole Diminished scale on the piano
Najważniejsze fakty
- Scale type
- Half-Whole Diminished
- Number of notes
- 8
- Wzór
- 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.
Cis 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 Cis Half-Whole Diminished
| Stopień | Nuta | Interwał | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cis | 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 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 Whole-Half Diminished
- Cis Bebop Dominant
- Cis Bebop Major
Half-Whole Diminished in every key
- C Half-Whole Diminished
- Des 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
Najczęściej zadawane pytania
What notes are in the Cis Half-Whole Diminished scale?
The Cis Half-Whole Diminished scale has 8 notes: Cis, D, E, F, G, As, B, H.
What is the formula for the Cis Half-Whole Diminished scale?
The Cis 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.
