Symmetric scales

A♭ Diminished (Half-Whole)

The dominant version - jazz players put it over 7b9 chords.

Notes

How to get there

Eight notes alternating half-whole; the whole-half scale from a step below.

On your instrument

Tap any note to hear it. root scale note

Guitar - Standard (EADGBE)

357912EC♭GDB𝄫EFG♭A♭B𝄫C♭CDE♭CDE♭FG♭A♭B𝄫C♭A♭B𝄫C♭CDE♭FG♭E♭FG♭A♭B𝄫C♭CDC♭CDE♭FG♭A♭B𝄫FG♭A♭B𝄫C♭CDE♭

Chords in this scale

This scale skips too many steps to stack tidy thirds - treat any of its notes as colours over the drone instead of building chords.