Guitar Scale Logic
C# Diminished Guitar Scale in Whole Step Down
Diminished scale notes, fretboard positions and guitar tabs for Whole Step Down.
Chart downloads cover open strings through fret 12.
Scale Tablature
Position 1
D|---------------------------1--2--4--| A|------------------1--3--4-----------| F|---------1--2--4--------------------| C|1--3--4-----------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • five-fret position fragment • 12 notes
Scale Reference
Scale Notes and Intervals
The C# Diminished scale contains C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G, A, A♯, B♯. Its interval formula is 1 2 b3 4 b5 b6 6 7. In Whole Step Down tuning, the open strings are D A F C G D from highest to lowest. Root markers identify C#. Position tabs show five-fret fragments, and the chord suggestions contain only notes from this scale.
C# Diminished: C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G, A, A♯, B♯. Formula: 1 2 b3 4 b5 b6 6 7.
Whole Step Down: D G C F A D. Diagrams and tabs display the highest string at the top.
- C♯
- D♯
- E
- F♯
- G
- A
- A♯
- B♯
Suggested Chords
Works Well With This Scale
These chords contain notes from the selected scale.
- C♯dimdiminished
- D♯dimdiminished
- D♯m7b5minor 7 flat 5
- D♯7dominant 7
- D♯mminor
- D♯major
- D♯5power
- Edimdiminished
- F♯dimdiminished
- F♯m7b5minor 7 flat 5