Half/Whole Diminished
8-28, (0134679t),
Diminished (Oct.)
Has Modes
Half/Whole Diminished
Whole/Half Diminished
Half/Whole Diminished
Mode or Chord Type
Avoid Notes
None
C D
♭
E
♭
E G
♭
G A B
♭
C
Compatible
Rootless Dominant Seventh
Rootless Dominant Seventh
♭
9 no 3
Dominant Seventh
♭
5 no 3
Dominant Seventh no 5
French Augmented Sixth no
♯
4
Italian Augmented Sixth
Rootless Dominant Seventh
♭
5
Rootless Dominant Seventh
♯
9 no R no 5
Dominant Seventh
Dominant Seventh
♭
5
Rootless Dominant Seventh
♯
9
Dominant
♯
9
Dominant Seventh
♯
9 no 5
Dominant Seventh
♭
9 no 3
Dominant Seventh
♭
9 no 5
Dominant Seventh
♯
9
Dominant Thirteenth
♯
9 no
♭
7
Dominant Seventh
♭
9
Rootless Lydian Dominant
♭
9
Lydian Dominant
♭
9 no 5
Lydian Dominant
♭
9 no 3
Rootless Dominant Thirteenth
♯
9
Rootless Dominant Thirteenth
♯
9
♭
5
Dominant Thirteenth
♯
9
♭
5
Lydian Dominant
♭
9
Dominant Thirteenth
♯
9
Lydian Dominant Thirteenth
♭
9 no
♭
7
Altered Dominant Thirteenth no b7
Lydian Dominant Thirteenth
♭
9 no 5
Lydian Dominant
♯
9
Altered Dominant
♭
9
♯
9
Dominant Thirteenth
♭
9
Lydian Altered Dominant Thirteenth no 3 no 5
Altered Dominant Thirteenth
Lydian Altered Dominant
♭
9
♯
9
Lydian Dominant Thirteenth
♯
9
Lydian Dominant Thirteenth
♭
9
Lydian Altered Dominant Thirteenth
Transpositions
C Half/Whole Diminished
D
♭
Half/Whole Diminished
D Half/Whole Diminished
E
♭
Half/Whole Diminished
E Half/Whole Diminished
F Half/Whole Diminished
F
♯
Half/Whole Diminished
G Half/Whole Diminished
A
♭
Half/Whole Diminished
A Half/Whole Diminished
B
♭
Half/Whole Diminished
B Half/Whole Diminished
Voice leading distance: 2
Dorian
♭
2
Lydian Dom. (Acoustic)
Super Locrian
Locrian
♯
6
Ukr. or Lyd. Dorian
Lydian
♯
2
Alt. Diminished
Phrygian
♭
4
Mixolydian
♭
2