B Sus Pentatonic Scale
4-string bass · 5 notes · 5 notes · major family
Notes
B
C♯
E
F♯
A
Solfège : Si – Do♯ – Mi – Fa♯ – La
Interval Structure
B
T
C♯
T+½T
E
T
F♯
T+½T
A
→
B+oct.
T
About this scale
The suspended pentatonic (quartal pentatonic) contains neither a major nor a minor 3rd, giving it an ambiguous, floating character. Prized in modal jazz, ambient, and contemporary music for creating atmospheres without clear resolution.
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