Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale
Dropping the flat seventh from a whole tone scale rather than the second gives this version, five notes climbing in unbroken whole steps from the root.
- Used for
- Impressionist textures and film scoring.
- Formula
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Steps W W W W 4 semitones Semitones 2-2-2-2-4 Degrees 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 - Relationships
- It is the fourth mode of the 7b13 Pentatonic scale.
- Every rotation of it lands on another whole tone pentatonic, since the parent scale has no degree distinguishable from any other.
Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) 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 (alt) scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale piano guitar
- D D Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale piano guitar
- E E Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale piano guitar
- F F Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale piano guitar
- G G Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale piano guitar
- A A Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale piano guitar
- B B Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale piano guitar
