B Minor 6 Pentatonic Scale
4-string bass · 5 notes · 5 notes · minor family
Notes
B
D
E
G♯
A
Solfège : Si – Ré – Mi – Sol♯ – La
Interval Structure
B
T+½T
D
T
E
4×½T
G♯
½T
A
→
B+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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