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.
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.