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← G𝄫 Major on Bass Guitar

G𝄫 Major — In Sixths

Scales harmonised in sixths are a classical guitar staple (think Sor / Carcassi studies) and a jazz-comping vocabulary basic. Each beat voices the scale tone with the diatonic sixth above.

Engraved by Verovio 6.2.0-43f8060 3 5 title G𝄫 Major — In Sixths
Engraved by Verovio 6.2.0-43f8060 2 3 4 5 title G𝄫 Major — In Sixths
Verovio
Tempo120 bpm

Playback sounds an octave below the written notation — the instrument's concert (sounding) pitch.

Audio source: tonejs-instruments by Nick Brosowsky (MIT)

Related scales

RelativeE𝄫 Natural MinorSame seven notes, tonic on the 6th degree — your access to the related minor key.ParallelG𝄫 Natural MinorSame tonic, the parallel minor — the deepest mode flip in tonal music.Up a fifthD𝄫 MajorOne sharp brighter on the circle of fifths.Up a fourthC𝄫 MajorOne flat darker on the circle of fifths.One note differentG𝄫 LydianRaise the 4th — the bright, floating Lydian colour.One note differentG𝄫 MixolydianLower the 7th — folk, blues-rock, Celtic vocabulary.SubsetG𝄫 Pentatonic MajorFive notes from the same scale — the bedrock pentatonic.ExoticG𝄫 Harmonic MajorBorrow the ♭6 from minor — operatic edge, IV / iv6 colour.

Same presentation in other keys