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Diminished Scale

This scale has 4 roots. In the key of A it is also in the key of C, Eb, and Gb.



Formula 1, 2, b3, 4, b5, b6, 6, 7



A lot of the scale patterns on this website may be played at two positions on the fretboard for the same key. If each note from a scale pattern is played one octave higher or lower, then the entire pattern can also be played one octave higher or lower. Twelve frets span the distance of one octave for any note on a single string. So any scale pattern may be played 12 frets above or below its position, as long as the guitar doesn't run out of frets.

 

If we look back at pattern #1 for the minor pentatonic scale. In the key of A, this pattern can be played at the fifth fret and one octave higher (twelve frets higher) at the seventeenth fret. Now look at pattern #2 for the minor pentatonic scale. In the key of A , this scale pattern can be played starting at the eighth fret and one octave higher starting at the twentieth fret. Pattern #3 for the minor pentatonic scale cannot be played at lower and higher octaves in the key of A. Due to it's location on the fretboard, the neck does not have twelve frets above or below it's position. But don't fret (pun intended) lol, this is not true for a number of other keys. For example, in the key of E, pattern #3 may be played starting at the fifth fret and one octave higher starting at the seventeenth fret.

 

Always keep in mind the possibility of playing scales at lower and higher octaves, so you can use them to fly up and down the fretboard!

 

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