B♭ Harmonic Minor — 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
ParallelB♭ Natural MinorDrop the leading tone — natural minor without harmonic minor's classical pull.ParallelB♭ Melodic MinorRaise the 6th too — the classical melodic minor ascending pattern.5th modeF Phrygian DominantSame pitch collection, tonic on the 5th — Spanish flamenco vocabulary.2nd modeC Locrian Natural 6Same pitch collection, tonic on the 2nd — Locrian with a ♮6, used over m7♭5.Up a fifthF Harmonic MinorOne sharp brighter on the harmonic minor circle.Up a fourthE♭ Harmonic MinorOne flat darker.One note differentB♭ HungarianRaise the 4th and you get Hungarian minor — same haunting edge with an extra augmented 2nd.ExoticB♭ Double HarmonicBorrow the augmented 2nd into the lower tetrachord too — Byzantine / Arabic vocabulary.