Symmetric scales

B♭ 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♭GDAEFGA♭B♭C♭D♭DED♭DEFGA♭B♭C♭A♭B♭C♭D♭DEFGEFGA♭B♭C♭D♭DB♭C♭D♭DEFGA♭FGA♭B♭C♭D♭DE

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.