A Dominant Diminished scale — Position 1
Open position · Standard tuning
Half-whole diminished. Used over dominant 7♭9 chords.
Root (A)
Scale tone
Notes in this position
AA#CC#D#EF#G
All 5 positions
A Dominant Diminished scale position 1 — video lessons
About this position
This diagram shows Position 1 of the A Dominant Diminished scale — a 5-fret box starting at open position. The notes available in this position are A, A#, C, C#, D#, E, F#, G. Root notes (A) are shown in blue; other scale tones are outlined. Practicing all 5 box positions connects the full neck and builds fretboard fluency. The A Dominant Diminished scale has 8 notes with intervals 0–1–3–4–6–7–9–10 semitones.