F Whole Tone (Messiaen M1): Just for the Curious - 5 More Holdsworth Scales (Scale 15 of 15)

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Scale 15 of 15Holdsworth's Usable Scales

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No 15 F Whole Tone (Messiaen M1)

Allan's symbol: Co 1 – 2 – 3 – #4 – b6 – b7

F Whole Tone (Messiaen M1) scale, full-neck fretboard diagram, Fretly rendering

Allan’s symbol: Co

Notes: F - G - A - B - Db - Eb

Intervals: 1 - 2 - 3 - b5 - b6 - b7

Modes

A mode is this same set of notes heard from a different starting note. Pick one to see it on the circle.

This scale has very limited transposition symmetry: every rotation produces an identical pitch-class set to the scale itself, so it has no distinct modes to list.

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Backing tracks

Jam this scale over these. They open on the track page.

F Whole Tone (Messiaen M1) scale circle diagram, Fretly rendering

Triads

F+F, A, C# G+G, B, D# A+A, C#, F B+B, D#, G Db+Db, F, A Eb+Eb, G, B

Seventh chords

F7#5F, A, C#, Eb F7b5F, A, B, Eb G7#5G, B, D#, F G7b5G, B, Db, F A7#5A, C#, F, G A7b5A, C#, Eb, G B7#5B, D#, G, A B7b5B, D#, F, A Db7#5Db, F, A, B Db7b5Db, F, G, B Eb7#5Eb, G, B, Db Eb7b5Eb, G, A, Db

This scale holds many more chords than these, with extensions, inversions and every voicing on the neck. Find them all in Fretly