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    The document discusses diminished scales and their corresponding arpeggios. It explains that diminished scales repeat the pattern of alternating whole and half steps every minor third, resulting in the same notes being used across multiple scales starting on different root notes. Specifically, the notes are the same for the Eb, F#, and A diminished scales, and also the same for the E, G, and Bb and the F, Ab, and B diminished scales. It then provides the arpeggios for these diminished scales, noting they outline a stack of minor thirds.

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    The document discusses diminished scales and their corresponding arpeggios. It explains that diminished scales repeat the pattern of alternating whole and half steps every minor third, resulting in the same notes being used across multiple scales starting on different root notes. Specifically, the notes are the same for the Eb, F#, and A diminished scales, and also the same for the E, G, and Bb and the F, Ab, and B diminished scales. It then provides the arpeggios for these diminished scales, noting they outline a stack of minor thirds.

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    Scales Diminished

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    The document discusses diminished scales and their corresponding arpeggios. It explains that diminished scales repeat the pattern of alternating whole and half steps every minor third, resulting in the same notes being used across multiple scales starting on different root notes. Specifically, the notes are the same for the Eb, F#, and A diminished scales, and also the same for the E, G, and Bb and the F, Ab, and B diminished scales. It then provides the arpeggios for these diminished scales, noting they outline a stack of minor thirds.

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    Diminished Scales and Arpeggios

    &c

    1/2 step

    1/2

    1/2

    1/2

    Whole step

    # #
    W W

    Because this is a symmetrical scale, and repeats the pattern of "whole step / half step" every minor third (or step and a half), the same notes are used in Eb, F#, and A diminished scales. Since this one scale has accounted for four of the keys, it stands to reason that there be only two more scales to cover the rest. One starting on C#, and one on D:

    & c # # &c

    Same notes are used in E, G, and Bb diminished scales

    Same notes are used in F, Ab, and B diminished scales

    # #

    The arpeggios for diminished scales outline a stack of minor thirds. The three arpeggios are written in two octaves below:

    # b b # b & # b # #w b b b b w &

    # # b b & b # # b w

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