E Man Gong Scale

4-string bass  ·  Pentatonic  ·  5 notes  ·  minor family

Notes

E
G
A
C
D

Solfège : Mi – Sol – La – Do – Ré

Interval Structure

E T+½T G T A T+½T C T D E+oct. T

About this scale

Fifth rotation of the major pentatonic, the darkest of the five. Widely used in Chinese music, it also works as a flat-sixth minor pentatonic over minor chords.

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