C Sus Pentatonic Guitar Scale
6-string guitar · 5 notes · 5 notes · major family
Notes
C
D
F
G
B♭
Solfège : Do – Ré – Fa – Sol – Si♭
Interval Structure
C
T
D
T+½T
F
T
G
T+½T
B♭
→
C+oct.
T
About this scale
The suspended pentatonic (no defined 3rd) creates floating, ambiguous atmospheres on guitar. Prized by John Scofield, Pat Metheny, and jazz-fusion guitarists for improvising over sus4 and add9 chords. On the neck, its positions easily overlap with major pentatonic shapes.
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