Diminished whole tone scale

1. What is a diminished whole-tone scale?
2. What are the 3 diminished scales?
3. What makes a diminished scale?
4. What is a whole-tone scale examples?

What is a diminished whole-tone scale?

If you played each chord tone sequentially by half-steps and whole steps instead of stacking thirds, then you have a diminished scale! The whole-half diminished scale is useful to make melodies over a diminished chord, not a dominant chord.

What are the 3 diminished scales?

There are really only 3 diminished scales – C, C#, and D. When we build the scale starting on D# we get the same scale as the C diminished scale, as it is just an inversion of the C diminished scale.

What makes a diminished scale?

For example, the G7 chord is a dominant that resolves in C major. ... Since B is one semitone below C, we can think that the diminished scale to be used is located one semitone below the chord that the dominant will resolve in. In other words, it is as if we are “creating” an ascending passing diminished chord.

What is a whole-tone scale examples?

Thus, the whole-tone scale comprises six degrees per octave. ... Some outstanding examples incorporating extensive whole-tone harmony are Debussy's “Voiles” (1909; Préludes, Book 1, No. 2) and “Cloches à travers les feuilles” (1907; Images, 2nd series, No. 1), as well as Dukas's opera Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (1907).