A♭ diminished (whole-half) (Ab diminished (whole-half)) scale on bass
A♭ diminished (whole-half) has 8 notes: A♭ B♭ B D♭ D E F G. Degrees: 1 2 ♭3 4 ♯4 ♭6 6 7. Formula: W H W H W H W H.
What notes are in the A♭ diminished (whole-half) scale?
A♭, B♭, B, D♭, D, E, F and G. It has 8 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W H W H W H W H.
What does A♭ diminished (whole-half) sound like, and when do you use it?
Symmetric, repeating every three semitones. Use it over °7 (diminished chords).
Chord progressions to improvise with A♭ diminished (whole-half)
In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the fretboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in A♭:
- Diminished vamp (i°7): a A♭°7 vamp. A °7: four notes the same distance apart. The scale's other four notes are its tensions.
A♭ diminished (whole-half) positions on bass
In standard tuning (E A D G), with 3 notes per string, A♭ diminished (whole-half) is played in 8 positions along the neck:
- Position 1: frets 3 to 7 (starts on the root)
- Position 2: frets 4 to 9
- Position 3: frets 6 to 10
- Position 4: frets 7 to 12
- Position 5: frets 9 to 13
- Position 6: frets 10 to 15
- Position 7: frets 0 to 4
- Position 8: frets 1 to 6
Same notes as
D♭ diminished (half-whole) · E diminished (half-whole) · G diminished (half-whole) · B♭ diminished (half-whole) · D diminished (whole-half) · F diminished (whole-half) · B diminished (whole-half)
Diminished (whole-half) in other keys
On other instruments
A♭ diminished (whole-half) on piano · A♭ diminished (whole-half) on guitar · All scales