C Minor 6 Pentatonic Scale
4-string bass · 5 notes · 5 notes · minor family
Notes
C
E♭
F
A
B♭
Solfège : Do – Mi♭ – Fa – La – Si♭
Interval Structure
C
T+½T
E♭
T
F
4×½T
A
½T
B♭
→
C+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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