G diminished (whole-half) scale on viola
G diminished (whole-half) has 8 notes: G A B♭ C C♯ E♭ E F♯. Degrees: 1 2 ♭3 4 ♯4 ♭6 6 7. Formula: W H W H W H W H.
What notes are in the G diminished (whole-half) scale?
G, A, B♭, C, C♯, E♭, E and F♯. It has 8 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W H W H W H W H.
What does G 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 G 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 fingerboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in G:
- Diminished vamp (i°7): a G°7 vamp. A °7: four notes the same distance apart. The scale's other four notes are its tensions.
G diminished (whole-half) on the viola: first position
No frets: string by string (C G D A), from the open string to the fourth finger:
- C string: C C♯ E♭ E F♯ G
- G string: G A B♭ C C♯
- D string: E♭ E F♯ G A
- A string: A B♭ C C♯ E♭ E
Same notes as
C diminished (half-whole) · E♭ diminished (half-whole) · F♯ diminished (half-whole) · A diminished (half-whole) · D♭ diminished (whole-half) · E diminished (whole-half) · B♭ diminished (whole-half)
Diminished (whole-half) in other keys
On other instruments
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