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Fig. 1 · Eb diminished (whole–half) · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

E♭ diminished (whole–half)

E♭1F2G♭♭3A♭4B♭♭♭5C♭♭6C6D7

Eight notes alternating whole step and half step. Symmetrical, so it repeats every minor third.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♯ diminished (whole–half).

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · Eb diminished (whole–half), ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

E♭WFHG♭WA♭HB♭♭WC♭HCWDHE♭

What is true of it

E♭ diminished (whole–half) is E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭♭, C♭, C and D, and back to E♭.

Its steps are W – H – W – H – W – H – W – H, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Written correctly it needs 6 alterations, B♭♭ among them. That is what the letters force, and it is also why nobody writes music in this key: the same notes spelled from the other side are easier to read.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 34 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

CdimdiminishedDmajorDmminorDdimdiminishedD7dominant seventhDm7minor seventhDm7♭5half-diminished seventhE♭dimdiminished

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 8 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on E♭

E♭ whole tonesymmetricE♭ diminished (half–whole)symmetricE♭ majormajorE♭ natural minorminorE♭ harmonic minorminor

C dim W-HC♯ dim W-HD♭ dim W-HD dim W-HE dim W-HF dim W-HF♯ dim W-HG♭ dim W-Hall 374