E Sus Pentatonic Guitar Scale
6-string guitar · 5 notes · 5 notes · major family
Notes
E
F♯
A
B
D
Solfège : Mi – Fa♯ – La – Si – Ré
Interval Structure
E
T
F♯
T+½T
A
T
B
T+½T
D
→
E+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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