Es Whole-Half Diminished Scale
The Es Whole-Half Diminished scale contains 8 notes: Es, F, Ges, As, A, H, C, D.
Es Whole-Half Diminished scale on the piano
Najważniejsze fakty
- Scale type
- Whole-Half Diminished
- Number of notes
- 8
- Wzór
- 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.
Es 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 Es Whole-Half Diminished
| Stopień | Nuta | Interwał | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Es | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | F | M2 | 2 |
| 3 | Ges | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | As | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | A | TT | 6 |
| 6 | H | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | C | M6 | 9 |
| 8 | D | M7 | 11 |
Other scales on Es
Every scale type that starts on Es, for comparison.
Whole-Half Diminished in every key
- C Whole-Half Diminished
- Cis Whole-Half Diminished
- Des Whole-Half Diminished
- D Whole-Half Diminished
- Dis 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
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What notes are in the Es Whole-Half Diminished scale?
The Es Whole-Half Diminished scale has 8 notes: Es, F, Ges, As, A, H, C, D.
What is the formula for the Es Whole-Half Diminished scale?
The Es 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.
