F Whole Half Diminished Scale — Bass Ukulele

The F Whole Half Diminished scale has 8 notes per octave and belongs to the symmetric family. Here it is mapped onto the Bass Ukulele's EADG strings, position by position, with the root highlighted so the pattern anchors to F wherever you play it.

Unstable and eerie — alternating whole and half steps, with the b3, b5, and 6 spelling a diminished seventh chord in every direction. Ominous, symmetrical, and unresolved.

Heard in: Diminished seventh chords in classical and jazz, horror and suspense scores, Bartok and Stravinsky, and neoclassical metal.

On the Bass Ukulele's linear EADG tuning the pattern climbs string to string in pitch order, so runs flow straight across the neck.

Play each position slowly against the audio until the shape and the sound lock together, then take it to the progressions in F to use it over real changes.