piano scale
C diminished (whole–half)
C1D2E♭♭3F4G♭♭5A♭♭6A6B7
Eight notes alternating whole step and half step. Symmetrical, so it repeats every minor third.
Written out
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
CWDHE♭WFHG♭WA♭HAWBHC
What is true of it
C diminished (whole–half) is C, D, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, A and B, and back to C.
Its steps are W – H – W – H – W – H – W – H, where W is a whole step and H a half.
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 C
C whole tonesymmetricC diminished (half–whole)symmetricC majormajorC natural minorminorC harmonic minorminor
C♯ dim W-HD♭ dim W-HD dim W-HD♯ dim W-HE♭ dim W-HE dim W-HF dim W-HF♯ dim W-Hall 374