Bb 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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