Minor Six Pentatonic scale
Swapping the flat seventh of a minor pentatonic for a natural sixth gives these five notes, brightening the scale while leaving it free of half steps.
- Used for
- Jazz, funk and modal solos.
- Formula
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Steps 1½ W W W 1½ Semitones 3-2-2-2-3 Degrees 1 ♭3 4 5 6 - Relationships
- It is the fourth mode of the Mixolydian Pentatonic (alt) scale.
Minor Six Pentatonic in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Minor Six Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Minor Six Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D D Minor Six Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Minor Six Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E E Minor Six Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- F F Minor Six Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Minor Six Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G G Minor Six Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Minor Six Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A A Minor Six Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Minor Six Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B B Minor Six Pentatonic scale piano guitar
