Suspended Pentatonic scale
Without a third of any kind these five notes refuse to declare major or minor, and that refusal is the trait every one of the scale's names circles around.
- Used for
- Modal, folk and Asian-flavored melodies.
- Formula
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Steps W 1½ W 1½ W Semitones 2-3-2-3-2 Degrees 1 2 4 5 ♭7 - Relationships
- It is the second mode of the Major Pentatonic scale.
- It is the common pentatonic rotated onto its second degree.
- Also called
- Egyptian, Neutral Pentatonic, and Madhyamavati.
Suspended Pentatonic in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Suspended Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Suspended Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D D Suspended Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Suspended Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E E Suspended Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- F F Suspended Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Suspended Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G G Suspended Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Suspended Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A A Suspended Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Suspended Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B B Suspended Pentatonic scale piano guitar
