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G Half-Whole Diminished (Messiaen M2)

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No 1 G Half-Whole Diminished (Messiaen M2)

Notes: G Ab Bb B C# D E F 1 – b2 – b3 – 3 – #4 – 5 – 6 – b7

G Half-Whole Diminished (Messiaen M2) scale, full-neck fretboard diagram, Fretly rendering

Used in Example 1: symmetrical melodic ideas, clusters and intervallic structures found within the diminished scale, along with more common compositional tools such as counterpoint.

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Backing tracks

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G Half-Whole Diminished (Messiaen M2) scale circle diagram, Fretly rendering

Triads

GG, B, D GmG, Bb, D GdimG, Bb, Db AbdimAb, B, D BbBb, D, F BbmBb, Db, F BbdimBb, Db, E BdimB, D, F DbDb, F, Ab DbmDb, E, Ab DbdimDb, E, G DdimD, F, Ab EE, G#, B EmE, G, B EdimE, G, Bb FdimF, Ab, B

Seventh chords

G7G, B, D, F Gm7G, Bb, D, F Gm7b5G, Bb, Db, F Gdim7G, Bb, Db, E G7b5G, B, Db, F G6G, B, D, E Gm6G, Bb, D, E Abdim7Ab, B, D, F Bb7Bb, D, F, Ab Bbm7Bb, Db, F, Ab Bbm7b5Bb, Db, E, Ab Bbdim7Bb, Db, E, G Bb7b5Bb, D, E, Ab Bb6Bb, D, F, G Bbm6Bb, Db, F, G Bdim7B, D, F, Ab Db7Db, F, Ab, B Dbm7Db, E, Ab, B

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

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