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    4. Leading whole tone

    D Leading whole tone


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    Guitar scale for D Leading whole tone in position 0
    NameAliasesDifficulty
    D Whole tonemessiaen's mode #1Easy
    D Whole tone pentatonic-Easy
    D Lydian sharp fifth pentatonic-Guru
    NameAliasesDifficulty
    D Whole tonemessiaen's mode #1Easy
    D Whole tone pentatonic-Easy
    D Lydian sharp fifth pentatonic-Guru
    IntervalsemitonesNote
    0D
    2E
    4F♯
    6G♯
    8A♯
    10C
    11C♯
    Perfect unison
    Major second
    Major third
    Augmented fourth
    Augmented fifth
    Minor seventh
    Major seventh
    NameAliasesDifficulty
    D Augmentedaug, +, +5, ^#5Beginner
    D Dominant ninth flat fifth9b5Easy
    D Major ninth flat fifthM9b5Easy
    D Dominant seventh no fifth7no5Intermediate
    D Dominant ninth sharp fifth9#5, 9+Intermediate
    9#5#11Intermediate
    9no5Intermediate
    M7b5Intermediate
    maj9#5, Maj9#5Intermediate
    M7b6, ^7b6Intermediate
    9b13Intermediate
    7b13Intermediate
    maj7#5, maj7+5, +maj7, ^7#5Expert
    7b5Expert
    7#5, +7, 7+, 7aug, aug7Guru
    Mb5Guru
    M#5add9, +add9Guru
    D Dominant ninth sharp fifth sharp eleventh
    D Ninth no fifth
    D Major seventh flat fifth
    D Major ninth sharp fifth
    D Major seventh flat sixth
    D Dominant ninth flat thirteenth
    D Dominant seventh flat thirteenth
    D Major seventh sharp fifth
    D Dominant seventh flat fifth
    D Dominant seventh sharp fifth
    D Major flat fifth
    D Major sharp fifth add ninth