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