Jazz Minor b5 scale
Melodic minor with its fifth lowered a half step, this scale keeps the minor third and major seventh that define its parent while removing the perfect fifth those two leaned on.
- Used for
- Jazz and film music that wants an unstable minor.
- Formula
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Steps W H W H 1½ W H Semitones 2-1-2-1-3-2-1 Degrees 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 7 - Also called
- Jeths' Mode and Melodic Minor ♭5.
Jazz Minor b5 in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Jazz Minor b5 scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Jazz Minor b5 scale piano guitar
- D D Jazz Minor b5 scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Jazz Minor b5 scale piano guitar
- E E Jazz Minor b5 scale piano guitar
- F F Jazz Minor b5 scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Jazz Minor b5 scale piano guitar
- G G Jazz Minor b5 scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Jazz Minor b5 scale piano guitar
- A A Jazz Minor b5 scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Jazz Minor b5 scale piano guitar
- B B Jazz Minor b5 scale piano guitar
