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

ukulele scale

G♭ diminished (whole–half)

G♭1A♭2B♭♭♭3C♭4D♭♭♭5E♭♭♭6E♭6F7

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

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

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Written out

Fig. 2 · Gb 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

G♭WA♭HB♭♭WC♭HD♭♭WE♭♭HE♭WFHG♭

What is true of it

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

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 10 alterations, B♭♭, D♭♭ and E♭♭ 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

E♭dimdiminishedFmajorFmminorFdimdiminishedF7dominant seventhFm7minor seventhFm7♭5half-diminished seventhG♭dimdiminished

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

Other scales on G♭

G♭ whole tonesymmetricG♭ diminished (half–whole)symmetricG♭ majormajorG♭ natural minorminorG♭ harmonic minorminor

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