A Dominant Pentatonic Scale
4-string bass · 5 notes · 5 notes · major family
Notes
A
B
C♯
E
F♯♯
Solfège : La – Si – Do♯ – Mi – Fa♯♯
Interval Structure
A
T
B
T
C♯
T+½T
E
T+½T
F♯♯
→
A+oct.
T
About this scale
The dominant pentatonic (Mixolydian pentatonic) contains the b7, making it perfectly suited for dominant (7th) chords. Widely used in blues, funk, and jazz fusion, it sounds over V7 chords with a tense, groovy character.
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