A Minor 6 Pentatonic Scale
4-string bass · 5 notes · 5 notes · minor family
Notes
A
C
D
F♯
G
Solfège : La – Do – Ré – Fa♯ – Sol
Interval Structure
A
T+½T
C
T
D
4×½T
F♯
½T
G
→
A+oct.
T
About this scale
The minor 6 pentatonic contains the major 6th alongside the usual minor notes. This color is widely used in jazz and bossa nova to give a more open, luminous character to minor contexts. It sounds particularly well over minor 6 chords.
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