G# Sus Pentatonic Guitar Scale
6-string guitar · 5 notes · 5 notes · major family
Notes
G♯
A♯
C♯
D♯
F♯
Solfège : Sol♯ – La♯ – Do♯ – Ré♯ – Fa♯
Interval Structure
G♯
T
A♯
T+½T
C♯
T
D♯
T+½T
F♯
→
G♯+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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