Whole Tone Pentatonic scale
Removing the second degree from a whole tone scale leaves these five notes, and everything the parent does the child still does, since no half step or perfect fifth was ever there to lose.
- Used for
- Impressionist and dreamlike music.
- Formula
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Steps 4 semitones W W W W Semitones 4-2-2-2-2 Degrees 1 3 ♯4 ♭6 ♭7 - Relationships
- It is the third mode of the 7b13 Pentatonic scale.
Whole Tone Pentatonic in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Whole Tone Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Whole Tone Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D D Whole Tone Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Whole Tone Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E E Whole Tone Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- F F Whole Tone Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Whole Tone Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G G Whole Tone Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Whole Tone Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A A Whole Tone Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Whole Tone Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B B Whole Tone Pentatonic scale piano guitar
