Blues Minor Pentatonic scale
No fifth appears in these five notes, which is what separates the scale from an ordinary minor pentatonic and gives it its weight, since the flat sixth stands where the fifth would be expected.
- Used for
- Blues and minor-key solos that want extra weight.
- Formula
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Steps 1½ W 1½ W W Semitones 3-2-3-2-2 Degrees 1 ♭3 4 ♭6 ♭7 - Relationships
- It is the third mode of the Major Pentatonic scale.
- It is the common pentatonic rotated onto its third degree, so it shares every pitch with a major pentatonic a major third below.
- Also called
- Rock Pentatonic, Malkauns, and Hindolam.
Blues Minor Pentatonic in all 12 keys
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- C C Blues Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Blues Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D D Blues Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Blues Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E E Blues Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- F F Blues Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Blues Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G G Blues Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Blues Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A A Blues Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Blues Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B B Blues Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
